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THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

The mode of their use will be seen in the following illus- trations :

ACTIVE VOICE.

37 ta 8 , to beat. $jj kou 8 , a dog. Indicative. Subjunctive.

PRESENT.

I beat the dog.

我打狗

I beat dog.

I may beat the dog.

我許打狗

I may beat dog

我或者要打狗

I perhaps will beat dog.

我許要打狗

I may want beat dog.

狗我許打

dog I may beat.

狗許打

dog may beat.

IMPERFECT.

I beat the dog.

我打了狗了

I beat ed dog lo.

我把狗打了

I take dog beat ed.

我打狗來着

I beat dog -lai cho. (or, I was beating the dog).

I might beat the dog.

我許打狗

I might beat dog.

我許把狗打了

I might take dog beat ed.

我或者要打狗

I perhaps would beat dog.

狗我許打

dog I might beat.