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Rh 7thly. Every part of the verb; except the first and third persons in the singular, and the third person neuter in the plural, of the first forms of the past and future tenses, and of the affirmative aorist; the first person singular of the negative aorist; the infinitive; and the present verbal participle terminating in చు; and, when followed by vowels only, the indifinite relative participle ending in డి or డు, or the root when used for this participle.

The Negative verbal participle, which always ends in, is classed both in the కళలు kululoo, and the ద్రుతప్రకృతులు drootuprukrcotooloo.

The nominatives, he she or it, and the several parts of the verb mentioned above, as exceptions ; together with all the other words in the language, not included in the foregoing specification of the  kululoo , form the numerous class denominated  drwtuprukrootoolw.

Every Teloogoo word, whether included in the class of కళలు kululoo, or ద్రుతప్రకృతులు drootuprukrootooloo, naturally terminates in some one of the connected vowels I shall first point out the changes which occur when any of these words is followed by another commencing with an initial vowel; and shall then explain the alterations that take place, when any of them is followed by another beginning with a consonant.

In Teloogoo, two vowels never can come in contact; therefore, when a word terminating in a connected vowel is followed by another commencing with an initial vowel, there is either the change termed by Grammarians Sundhi, or a consonant is inserted between the two words ; unless the initial vowel be one of the Sanscrit letters ఋ roo, ౠ, and, which at the beginning of a word, are to be considered the same as consonants.

The consonants inserted, when Sund,hi does not occur, are యి y if the former of the two words be included in the class termed కళలు kuluho, and tf n if it belong to the ద్రుతప్రకృతులు drootuprukrwtoolw; but, which ever of these two consonants is inserted, it changes the following initial vowel into it's connected form, and, coalescing with it, forms, in conjunction with it, one syllable.