Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages | Page 6

We may be loved. Kedahkoonemahzhahwanemegoom, You may be loved. Tahkoonemahzhahwanemahwug, They may be loved.
Imperfect Tense.
Singular. Nedahgekoonemahzhahwanemegoo, I might be loved. Kedahgekoonemahzhahwanemegoo, Thou mightest be loved. Tahgekoonemahzhahwanemah, He might be loved. Plural. Nedahgekoonemahzhahwanemegoomin, We might be loved. Kedahgekoonemahzhahwanemegoom, You might be loved. Tahgekoonemahzhahwanemahwug, They might be loved.
Perfect Tense.
Singular. Nedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoo, I may have been loved. Kedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoo, Thou mayest have been loved. Tahgekoonemahkezhahwanemah, He may have been loved. Plural. Nedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoomin, We may have been loved. Kedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoom, You may have been loved. Tahgekoonemahkezhahwanemahwug, They may have been loved.
Pluperfect Tense.
Singular. Nedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoonahbun, I might have been loved. Kedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoonahbun, Thou mightest have been loved. Tahgekoonemahkezhahwanemahbun, He might have been loved. Plural. Nedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoomenahbun, We might have been loved. Kedahgekoonemahkezhahwanemegoomwahbun, You might have been loved. Tahgekoonemahkezhahwanemahbahneeg, They might have been loved.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
Present Tense.
Singular. Kespin zhahwanemegooyaun, If I be loved. Kespin zhahwanemegooyun, If thou be loved. Kespin zhahwanemind, If he be loved. Plural. Kespin zhahwanemegooyong, If we be loved. Kespin zhahwanemegooyaig, If you be loved. Kespin zhahwanemindwah, If they be loved.
Imperfect Tense.
Singular. Kespin zhahwanemegooyahbaun, If I were loved. Kespin zhahwanemegooyahbun, If thou wert loved. Kespin zhahwanemindebun, If he were loved. Plural. Kespin zhahwanemegooyonggebun, If we were loved. Kespin zhahwanemegooyaiggoobun, If you were loved. Kespin zhahwanemindwahbun, If they were loved.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
Present. Chezhahwanemegoong, To be loved. Perfect. Chegezhahwanemegoong, To have been loved.
PARTICIPLES.
Present. Zhahwanemegoong, Being loved. Perfect. Zhahwanemind, Loved.
OF PARTICIPLES.
A Participle is a word derived from a Verb, and has the nature of a verb and also of an adjective.
Verbs have two participles, the present and the perfect.
The present participle denotes action or being continued, but not finished. It generally ends in ing, eng, or g; as, Tebahkooneding, Ruling, &c.
The perfect participle denotes action or being, finished. This can also be distinguished by its ending in ed or d; as Pahpid, laughed; Shoshomequanid, smiled.
OF ADVERBS.
An Adverb is a word used to modify the sense of a verb, &c.; as, Kagate quahnoj eneneh, a truly good man.
List of Adverbs:
1. Ingooding, once; neshing, twice; nesing, thrice.
2. Netum, first; Esquache, lastly.
3. Omah, here; ahnedeh, where; negoojee, somewhere; kahweenegoojee, nowhere; ishpeming nahkayah, upward; nesahye-ee nahkayah, downward; esquayong nahkayah, backward; negaun nahkayah, forward, &c.
4. Noogoom, now; chekezheguk, to-day; mawezhah, long ago; pejenahgooh, yesterday; noomahyah, lately; wahbung, to-morrow; bahmah, by and by; kahmahsheh, not yet; kahyahsekah, instantly; waweeb, immediately.
5. Pahgee, little; ahneenmenik, how much.
6. Koonemah, perhaps; mekahweh, perchance.
7. Kagate, verily; aahe, yes, &c.
8. Kah, no; kahweengahnahga, not at all.
9. Ahneen, how; ahneeshnah, why; ahnahpe, when.
10. Nahwuj, more; kagahkoo, most.
OF PREPOSITIONS.
Prepositions serve to connect words with one another and to show the relation between them; as, Cazenove angkeojemahjahkezhodt York, he went from Cazenovia to York.
List of Prepositions:
Pahzhejahye-ee, over; ahnahmahye-ee, under; shepahye-ee, through; ishpeming, above; nesahye-ee, below; keoonjee, from; peoonjee, from; ahwashema, beyond; chegahye-ee, near; negaun, before; Ishquayong, behind; wahsah, off; oogejahye-ee, on or upon; magwaahye-ee, among; ahzheh, after; ahpahgahjeahye-ee, against; ahgahmahye-ee, across; kewetahye-ee, around; nahwahye-ee, amidst; enahkayah, toward, &c.
OF CONJUNCTIONS.
A Conjunction is a word used to connect sentences, so as out of two to make one.
Conjunctions are of two sorts, the Copulative and the Disjunctive.
The following are some of the Conjunctions:
Cop. Kiya, and; Kespin, if; Owh, that; nahyanze, both; dushween, then; ahpe, since; mesah, therefore; ahnesh, wherefore.
Dis. Atah, but; ahzheh, as; dush, than; koone, though; mahmesahwahwah, unless; kespuge, except; pooch, yet.
OF INTERJECTIONS.
An Interjection is a word used to express the sudden emotions of the speaker; as, Tahwah! pemahdezewin nelojegootoge! Alas! I fear for life! O neboowin! Ahneshekewesahgandahmoowin? O death! Where is thy sting?
List of Interjections:
Earnestness or Grief; O! ah! tahwah, alas! Joy; Yahhahne! yahhahne! &c. Wonder; Mahmahkahdahkahmig, strange! hahe, hah! Aversion; Saih! ahwas, away! Attention; Nah, hark! Nahbin, behold! Surprise or Fear; Ingee! Tauneyohne! yohe! Laughter; Ha! ha! ha! Requesting silence; Easta, hist! pezahnahbin, silence! Calling; ahneene, halloo! Salutation; Mequaich, welcome!

A FABLE--[Translated from the English.]
OWH WAHGOOSH KIYA EWH MASK.
Kegahweendahmoonin kache dahkooahyod ahdesookaun, kecheoneshesheh dushweengooh.
Wahgoosh ingooding keezhahgoobun haberdashero dahdahwawegahmig. Emah metahskahkahmig ahyahtanegoobun kache gwahnahjewong mask, keoonje ozhechegahdagoobun ahwegah cheahyood mamahjenood ahpe herongh azhe obahkahmegezhejin. Ewh mask egewh mawezhah, meowh ahpe owh ahdesookaun tebaindahgowk, ahgwahnahung kahkenah ewh ostegwan dahgooh helmiting, kiya kahwekah mamahjenood ezheoobahkahmegezhese ayahsenenegoon. Mahmahdah wechegawenebun, owhdush ezhechegang kahweendush kedahwahbahdah zhenon ewh odangowh owh wabahkahmegezid, kiya koonemah anahnookewenegwain nahchebahpid or mahwid, ewh mask ahpun ewh nahsob azhenahgowk.
Owh wahgoosh kahgezheyaindum, wahjapezeh. Oge quakenon ewh mask menahwah kiya menahwah. Oge gahnahwahbahdaun emah ahgwahjeeye-ee, kiya gahnahwahbahdaun emah peenjahye-ee.
Ewh ahgwahjeeye-ee keche shooshoo ahyahgoobun kiya kegezhechegahdagoobun! Ewh peenjahye-ee webahgoobun. Kagate onesheshin oostegwan ayaug omah, ekedoo owh wahgoosh; kagate mejenahwa yahdahkahmig kahwenaindib ahyahsenoog!
Nahnind quahnoj quewesansug ahyahwug kiya equasansug kemahzheh ekoogenedwah oowh enaindahmoowod kahween kagoo ohbahbah mahndahsenahwah, ewh atah oobeshegadahgoosewenewah, ahgoonwatahtesuwod kagoo chekekadahmoowod medush azhe quakeskahwod enahkahkayah wahwazheowening. Koonemah eneneh odah ahtood ewh onindj emah ostegwahning onowh pazhik kiya tahekedooh kahekedood owh wahgoosh kagate sahquahnoj owh oostegwan omah ayog kagate sah mejenah wayahdahkahmig ahyah senoog ewh wenaindib.
Eneneh tahezhah ishpeming, ahyahnzig menoo bemahdezewin, ahyahnzig kechetwahwezewin, ahyahnzig ogemahwewin, ahyahnzig kekenooahmahdewin, ahyahwahsig wejekewayun; kah dushween tahezhahsee ewhety ishpeming ahyahwahsig Christ.
A man