Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages | Page 6

were loved.
Kezhahwanemegoomwahbun, You were loved. Zhahwanemahbahneeg,
They were loved.
Perfect.
Singular. Negezhahwanemegoo, I have been loved.
Kegezhahwanemegoo, Thou hast been loved. Kezhahwanemah, He has
been loved. Plural. Negezhahwanemegoomin, We have been loved.
Kegezhahwanemegoom, You have been loved. Kezhahwanemahwug,
They have been loved.

Pluperfect.
Singular. Negezhahwanemegoonahbun, I had been loved.
Kegezhahwanemegoonahbun, Thou hadst been loved.
Kezhahwanemahbun, He had been loved. Plural.
Negezhahwanemegoomenahbun, We had been loved.
Kegezhahwanemegoomwahbun, You had been loved.
Kezhahwanemahbahneeg, They had been loved.
First Future.
Singular. Negahzhahwanemegoo, I shall be loved.
Kegahzhahwanemegoo, Thou wilt be loved. Tazhahwanemah, He will
be loved. Plural. Negahzhahwanemegoomin, We shall be loved.
Kegahzhahwanemegoom, You will be loved. Tahzhahwanemahwug,
They will be loved.
Second Future.
Singular. Negahgezhahwanemegoo, I shall have been loved.
Kegahgezhahwanemegoo, Thou wilt have been loved.
Tahgezhahwanemah, He will have been loved. Plural.
Negahgezhahwanemegoomin, We shall have been loved.
Kegahgezhahwanemegoom, You will have been loved.
Tahgezhahwanemahwug, They will have been loved.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
Singular. Tahgahnenegah zhahwanemegoo, Let me be loved.
Tahgahkegah zhahwanemegoo, Be thou loved or do thou be loved.
Tahgahween tahzhahwanemah, Let him be loved. Plural.
Tahgahnenahwind } Let us be loved. negahzhahwanemegoomin, }
Tahgahkenahwah kahzhahwanemegoom, Be you loved or do you be
loved. Tahgahwenahwah tahzhahwanemahwug, Let them be loved.
POTENTIAL MOOD.
Present Tense.

Singular. Nedahkoonemahzhahwanemegoo, I may be loved.
Kedahkoonemahzhahwanemegoo, Thou mayest be loved.
Tahkoonemahzhahwanemah, He may be loved. Plural.
Nedahkoonemahzhahwanemegoomin, 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