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96 TELOOGOO GRAMMAR.

319 Except the first form of the past tense, which merely converts the final o to * , the first person singular of all the tenses ends io &>, the termination of the pronoun ~^^> /; the second person singular, in .the same manner, terminates iu q), the final syllable of &^) thou ; the first person plural ends in &, the termination of "&>* we and the second person plural ends iu &>, the termination of xr 5o, you.

320 The personal terminations of the third person are not so regular : ihey stand thus. Pruent. Past. Future. Aorist. Negative Aorist. 1st form. 24 iorui. 1st form. 2d forict. ^ *w Singular. ' F*. <% A f ^ ... ... fv ^' .."" '"- 5o 8. 5o So ?> &>. <&

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321 In the present tense, in the second form of the past, and in the negative aorist, the ,*,hird person singular ends, in the masculine, with C<J&, the final syllable of the pronouns oJC^b or "S^cSfc, he; in the feminine and neuter gender of the two first mentioned tenses, it terminates with 3, the final syllable of the pronouns ^S or &&, she or it ; but in the feminine and neuter of the last mentioned tense, it ends with &>. The first form of the past tense, and the affirmative aorist, have ?&, and the two forms of the future $, for all genders in the third person singular-

322 Except the first form of the perfect tense, which merely converts -o into 9 9 the third person plural of all the tenses in the masculine and feminine gendres ends in ?&, the final syllable of the pronouns *>&> or "ST"?^), they, in the neuter of the preset 1 1 tense, and of the second form of the past tense, it ends in S3, the final syllable of the neuter pronouns 2?> or >, they; but the other tenses have the neuter plural the same as in the weurex singular, except the negative aorist, which terminates in >