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 Indicative Mood.

Tense. Meaning.

1. Present tense, I speai' him.

2. Fast tense, I speared him.

3. Remote jMst tense, I did spear him. 4 First {simple) future, I will spear him.

5. Second {intention) future, I will {i.e., intend to) spear him.

6. Third {lyredictive) future, I will spear him.

7. Repetitive tense. I spear again.

Reflexive Mood.

I speared myself.

Eeciprocal Mood.

Let us two spear each other.

Imperative Mood.

1. Simple imperative. Do thou spear.

2. Prohibitive imperative, Spear not.

3. Compulsory/ im2)erative. Thou must spear.

Optative Mood.

1. Present optative, I may spear him.

2. Imperfect ojytative. I could or would spear him.

Infinitive Mood.

To spear.

Participles.

Spearing ; speared.

Passive Voice.

I a;u speared.

DECLENSION of the VEEBS.

In the declension of the moods and tenses of the Transitive and Intransitive "Verbs, five sets of modified forms of Personal Pronouns are used as the subjects to the verb. They are : —

�� �/. Thou.

�He.

� �\"\'itli Transitive Verbs.

� �1.

2,

�Gate (or gaty) kile Atte {or atty) il

With Intransitive Verbs.

�ginte inde

�3. 4.

5.

�Ap inde Ap inde Gap gint

�itye itye kity

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