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GUAYMI GRAMIVIAR AND DICTIONARY 37

5.

Ti

bike or bikera nikien I

am going

orI

am about

to go.

Conjugationof

Tau

Present Past CompleteDefinite

tau namani namanina

tinamani Iwas.

.. . [l havebeenalready,

tinamanina <_, ,, , ,

[Ihad beenalready.

Subjunctive Mood:

1.

Add awane

to tau

Ti tauawane IfI be (Pres.Ind.)

Mo

tau

awane

Ifyou be (Pres. Ind.)

Niara tauawane Ifhe be (Pres. Ind.)

Tinamani awane IfIwere, etc. (Past Ind.) Tinamaninaawane If Ihadbeen, etc. (Com. Def.)

Namanina

awane (though) (I, thou, you, he, she, ithad been, etc.)

2. (a)

When

the subjunctive sense is

"should"

instead of

"have been"

or

"had been,"

use

"dabadre awane"

or

"dabadira awane."

Tidabadre

awane

If Ishouldbe, etc.

(b)

When

the idea is Future, use

"dabadira."

Mo

dabadiraawane IfIshould be (thereatthattime,

if "konti"isadded).

ConjugationofToro Toro,have

Always put

toro before the

Pronoun

or

Noun.

Present

:

Toro Ihave

Toro

moe

you have

Toroniarae hehas,etc. (sameforplural)

Future

:

Dabai tie Ishallhave

Dabai

moe You

shall have

Dabai niarae he shall have, etc. (same for

plural)

Past and Immediate

Past:

Namani

tie Ihad

Namani moe

you had

Namani

niarae hehad

Complete

Definite:

Namanina

tie IhavehadorIhad had

Namanina moe

you have had oryouhad had

Namanina

niarae he has had or he had had, etc.

(samefor plural)

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Subjunctive

Definite:

Add awane

to all the

forms

given above.

For

the

Future add

^dabai.

Imperative:

Denye

haveortake

The

present

Imperative changes

to

"take"

instead of

"have."

"haveit" "denye."

ConjugationofNoaine Noaine, do Infinitive:

noaine _todo

Imperative:

noaine do

Future:

1. Prefixdabai or dabd.

(a) dabd,noaine shalldo

(6) dabaf noaine shalldo

2.

Change

the

ending

ne todi for the

Future:

(o) Noaine, noaindi shalldo

Immediate

Past:

1.

Change noaine

to niri

Past Incomplete:

1.

Change

noaine to

noaimane

2.

Change

noaine to bare

Complete

Definite:

1.

Change

to

noaimanena

2.

Change

to barera

Subjunctive Mood:

1.

Add awane

to

any

ofthe verbal forms.

2.

For

the

Future

Subjunctive,

add dabd

or dabdba.

ConjugationofNene Nene, run Infinitive:

nene torun

Present: 1st,2d,

3d

person,singular or plural

number,

nene.

Future:

neai shallrun. (Thisis usedfor allpersons

andnumber.)

Present

Indefinite:

Add

taunene

am

running. (Tau nene is used for all

personsandnumber.)

Inamediate

Past:

neani ranorIhaverun. (Thisisalsousedfor

allpersonsandnumber.)

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GUAYMI GRAMMAR AND DICTIONARY 39 Past

Indefinite:

neaba

Past Incomplete:

namaninene

Past Complete

Indefinite:

neabare

Complete

Definite:

neabarera

Past

Perfect

Continuous:

namaninanene had beenrunning

Imperative:

(o) nene

(b) dabainene Subjunctive:

1.

Add awane.

2.

For Future, add

dabai

awane.

ConjugationofKite Infinitive:

kite to

come

(also jata, dukd, nuke,

andjatadre).

Present:

kite,jatadre,dukadre Future:

jataf, dukaf,kwain

Immediate

Past:

ki,nu.

Past Incomplete:

kira, nura

Past Complete

Indefinite:

jataba,dukaba, nukani, jatabare, dukabare

Past

Imperfect:

jababa^kite, etc wasabout^to

come

Complete

Definite:

jatabarera, dukabarera jatabata, dukabata nukaninanta

Past

Perfect

Continuous:

"Kite" changesinto"noin" or "going"

namaninanoin hadbeen going

Imperative:

fikuere

come

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Subjunctive:

Add awane

to allforms.

ConjugationofNoin Infinitive

:

Noin, togo (singular or pluralnumber; 1st, 2d,3dperson).

Present:

Noin, nikien, dikiadre, rikiadre

Future:

dikiaf, rikiai,dikiaita (perfect)

Present Imperfect:

nondre, dikia

Present Continuous:

nonta, dikiata,rikiata

Immediate

Past:

niki, janani

Past

Indefinite

:

rikiaba, nikiani,nonteba

Complete

Indefinite:

nonbare, dikiabare,janamane,

nomane Complete

Definite:

dikiabarera, janamanena, nonmanena, nikianina, jananina, nikira, nikirata

Imperative:

Non

Arinoin letusgo

Transferred Imperative:

1. Future: (a)

Nonwunain

2. Past: (o)

nonwunamane,

(6)

nonwunamaninta Subjunctive:

Forthesubjunctive, add awanetoalltenses.

Ti noin

awane

IfIgo.

niaranoin

awane

Ifhegoes.

Gerund

:

non, going.

Examples

1. Ti dabd noaine

Ngobo

^ti yudare Ican doitifthe Lordhelpsme.

'wane.

2. Niara ne nie jondron koin noaine

He who

doesgood always^is not always korenanaydtareniwekore. loved.

3. Tiwe noaimane kore kisete ti nan IdiditsobecauseIdidnot wantto do

todabd, noaine. it.

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GUAYMI GRAMMAR _AND DICTIONARY 41

4. Ti kiguo I

came

justawhileago.

5. Nikiguo

He

wentjustthisminute.

6. Nikiani jondeni

He

wentyesterday.

7. Ekuere

mo Come

here.

8.

Non

blare

Go

at once.

9. Tineaia'n'

mo

neai I willrunifyouwillrun.

10. Niredikiainunkroke

awane

nir^we

Who

will go for us and

whom

shall I

tiniain. send?

11.

Mo

nibibrenya? Areyouill?

12.

Mro

nibltie I

am

hungry.

13.

Mun

blnikienya? Areyou going?

14. Tidingeyeko,titoganinko

kwe My

strengthfails,he broke

my

spirit.

15. Titaunete, tini6n Here

am

I, sendme.

16. Tiwe

metawunamane moe

I

command

ittobestruckbyyou.

17. Titau

mro

juritaire

moe

I

am

asking you for plantains (with a viewtoreturningsomelater

when my

cropcomesin)^.**