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A GRAMMAR OF THE
conjugated, to a present participle used invariably in the
form of the inflected masculine singular; as, j~ j'S
o ^
she comes (in tlie state of one) singing, j* bjy he runs
(in the state of one) weeping.
12thly. Reiteratives, formed by using together two
verbs, regularly conjugated, the latter of which seems
generall}' a mere subservient to the first without convey-
ing any clearly independent meaning; as UU- Uy to con-
G G 0
verse, to see.
Derivative Verhs.
31. Verbs may be derived, from both substantives and
adjectives, by affixing the verbal signs only in some in-
stances ; but, more frequently, by shortening the vowel
of the original, if long, and inserting T (a) or U (iya) before
those signs : so, to widen, from \j^>- wide; UUl to kick,
9
from a kick; lilif to abuse, from j€ abuse ; \to beat
9
zvith jy>- a slipper.
Passive Voice of' a Verb.
32. The passive sense of a verb is generally denoted by
adding, to its simple past participle, the verb bU to go,
to be, in sucli tense as may be requisite; so, l/jU I
was struck, bU jU I am struck, l&jW jU I shali
be struck; all the parts of this compound, moreover, ad-
mitting the usual changes to agree in gender and number
with the governing noun.
A GRAMMAR OF THE
conjugated, to a present participle used invariably in the
form of the inflected masculine singular; as, j~ j'S
o ^
she comes (in tlie state of one) singing, j* bjy he runs
(in the state of one) weeping.
12thly. Reiteratives, formed by using together two
verbs, regularly conjugated, the latter of which seems
generall}' a mere subservient to the first without convey-
ing any clearly independent meaning; as UU- Uy to con-
G G 0
verse, to see.
Derivative Verhs.
31. Verbs may be derived, from both substantives and
adjectives, by affixing the verbal signs only in some in-
stances ; but, more frequently, by shortening the vowel
of the original, if long, and inserting T (a) or U (iya) before
those signs : so, to widen, from \j^>- wide; UUl to kick,
9
from a kick; lilif to abuse, from j€ abuse ; \to beat
9
zvith jy>- a slipper.
Passive Voice of' a Verb.
32. The passive sense of a verb is generally denoted by
adding, to its simple past participle, the verb bU to go,
to be, in sucli tense as may be requisite; so, l/jU I
was struck, bU jU I am struck, l&jW jU I shali
be struck; all the parts of this compound, moreover, ad-
mitting the usual changes to agree in gender and number
with the governing noun.