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 i 4 4 GRAMMAR VI. IMPERATIVE. Singular. Plural. 1. en. 2. eugh. 3. ens. 2. ke, kejy, kehejy. 1 3. ens. INFINITIVE, mos. PRESENT PARTICIPLE, ow mos. PAST PARTICIPLE, gilles (supplied from gylly or gelly, to go). In the impersonal form of the preterite, the verbal particle a often takes an s or/ at the end of it, mi aj eth, I went, but generally in this form a is omitted, mi d, I go ; mi eth, I went ; mi ello, I may go, etc. In the Ordinalia and other Dramas the forms reseth and regeth (rejeth) are found for the perfect. This is the preterite eth with the particle re and s (/), for th, prefixed. 2. Dos (earlier devonos, donos, devos), to come. I. PRESENT. Plural. 1. down (duen, dun). 2. dough, deugh. Singular. 1. dov (older duf). 2. deth (dueth}. 3. de (due). 3. dons, desons. Plural. 1. deffen. 2. deffeugh. 3. deffens. Plural. dethon (duthon). detheugh (dutheugh). dethons, desons (duthens)., kehegy (in St. Meriasek), are ke, kehe, with jy or gy ( di), the personal pronoun added. II. IMPERFECT. Singular. 1. deffen. 2. deffes. 3. deffa. III. PRETERITE. Singular. 1. dttha, deth (older duth, dueyth). 2. dethes, des (older duthys, d^^es). 3. deth (older dueth, duth}.