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Eluign, We give

2. Eluimi, Thou givest.

Eluimu, You two give.

Eluimen, Ye give

3. Elui He gives.

Eluigu, They two give.

Eluigen, They give

Second Present,

1. Eluchen, I give.

2. Eluchemi, Thou givest, &c.

Imperfect,

1. Elubun, I did give.

2. Elubuimi, Thou, &c.

Perfect,

1. Eluuyen, I gave.

2. Eluuyeimi, Thou, &c.

Pluperfect,

1. Elunyebun, I had given, &c.

1st Future,

1. Eluan, I will give, &c.

2d Future,

1. Eluayean, I shall have given, &c.

1st Mixed,

1. Eluabun, I had to give, &c.

2d Mixed,

1. Eluugabun, I ought to have had to give; &c.

IMPERATIVE MOOD, (Singular, Dual. Plural)

1. Eluche, let me give

Eluyu, let us two give

Eluign, let us give

2. Eluge, give thou

Elamu, let you two give

Elumen, give ye

3. Elupe, let him give

Elugu let these two give

Elugen, let them give

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Present tense, Eluli, if I may give

Imperfect, Elubili, if I might give

Perfect, Eluuyeli, if I may have given

Pluperfect, Eluuyebuli, if I might have given

1st. Future, Eluaii, if I shall give

2d. Future, Eluuyela, if I shall have given

1st. Mixed, Eluabuli, if I had to give

2d. Mixed, Eluyeabuli, if I should have to give

The optative is formed of the subjunctive, or of the two mixed-tenses of the indicative, by adding the desiderative particles velem, uel, or chi; as eluli velem! Would to God that I might give; eluabun chi! Would to God that I had to give; &c. The affirmative infinitive is the same with the radical of the verb; or 1st person singular of the indicative tense; so that there are nine peculiar infinitives, which are distinguished from these tenses by some determinative particle.

ACTIVE PARTICIPLES.

1st Present, Elulu, he who gives

2d Present, Eluquelu, he who gives

Imperfect, Elubulei, he who did give

Perfect, Eluuyelu, he who gave

Pluperfect, Eluuyebula, he who had given

1st Future, Elualu, he who shall give

2d Future, Eluuyealu, he who shall have given

1st Mixed, Eluabulu, he who shall have to give

2d Mixed, Eluuyeabulu, he who should have given

GERUNDS.

1st Present, Eluyum, giving

2d Present, Elualu, for to give

Imperfect, Eluyubum, when giving

PASSIVE VOICE.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Present. Elugen, I am given

Imperfect. Elugebum, I was given

Participles Passive.

1st Present, Elugelu, given

2d Present, Eluel, given

Perfect, Elubuel, that was given

Imperfect, Elugebulu, that was given

IMPERSONAL VERB.

Indicative Mood.

1st Present, Eluan, that is giving

2d Present, Eluchean, that is giving

Imperfect, Elubuam, that was giving

Perfect, Eluuyeam, that was given

Pluperfect, Eluuyebuam, that had given

1st Future, Eluayam, that shall be given

2d Future, Eluuyeayam, that should be given

1st Mixed, Eluabuam, that had to give

2d Mixed, Eluuyeabuam, that should have to give

Imperative. Elupeam, let us give, &c.

Instead of the impersonal verb, the third person singular of the passive may be used impersonally, as in Latin. The verb may be made negative through its whole conjugation, by means of inserting the particle la in the indicative, qui in the imperative which then takes the termination of the subjunctive mood, and by means of no in the subjunctive and infinitive moods, as in the following examples.

Indicative, Elulan, I do not give, Elulaimi, thou doest not give

Imperative, Eluquili, let me not give, &c.

Subjunctive, Elunoli, if I do not give, &c.

Infinitive, Elunou, not to give, &c.

NUMERALS OF THE CHILESE LANGUAGE.

Cardinals.

1. Quigne

2. Epu

3. Cula

4. Meli

5. Quechu

6. Cayu

7. Relghe

8. Para

9. Aylla

10. Masi

11. Mari-guigne

12. Mari-epu. &c.

20. Epumari

21. Epumari quigne

30. Culamari

40. Melimari, &c.

100. Pataca

102. Pataca epu

200. Epupataca, &c.

1000. Huaranca

2000. Epuhuaranca

2003. Epuhuaranca cula, &c.

Ordinals.

Unen, Unelelu, Quignelelu, Quignegetu, Quignegentu, Quigmentu, once Epulelu, epugelu, epugentun, epuntu, twice, &c.55

Numeral Adverbs.

Quignechi, guignemel, quignemita, once

Epuchi, epumal, epumeta, twice, &c.

Distributives.

Calique, mallquigne, one by one

Epuque, mollepu, two by two, &c.

Numeral Verbs.

Quignen, to be one.

Quignelian, to join.

Epun, to be two; &c.

Abstracts.

Quignegen, unity.

Epugen, duality.

Culagen, trinity, &c.

Indefinites.

Quignelque, several.

Epulgen, about two.

Culalque, about three.

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It has not been deemed necessary to repeat a great number of minute observations given by Molina on this singular language, nor to report the shades of difference in its dialects. But it has been thought proper to give a short list of words from the Moluches, a tribe inhabiting Patagonia, but speaking a nearly related dialect of the Chilese language with that of the Araucanians.

Vocabulary.

Autuigh, the sun, a day

P'llu, the soul or a spirit

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The translator seems here to have misunderstood the author, as these ordinal numbers ought surely to signify first and second.-E.