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Cencaleshc,
to be unable, is conjngated tlms:
Yeucaleshc,
I cannot, or am nnable.
Meiicaleshc,
thou canst not.
Deiwaleshc,
be cannot.
Ucu,eiicaleshc,
we two cannot..
M ecineucaleshc,
yon two cannot.
Deiwcileshcedce,
they two caunot.
Ushweucaleshc~
we ca11not.
Atlesl11meucaleshc,
yon ca nnot.
Deucaleslwedsh,
they cannot.
N. B. -
This word is nsed to express pbysical inability as
well as a want of power to trespass eertain onles or Jaws, viz :
M'aine 1nir yaten,
lift that stone.
Yeiwaleshc, ciro d'caaimeshc,
I ca.nnot, it is very happy.
Golc ceud mir colidel,
go over, or take up that marble (').
Deucaleshc, wvnai d'nec den,
he canuot, there is another one
here in the way.
The verb
eshcegot
to come, is conjngated as follows:
Yi eshcegot,
I come.
Ma eshcegot,
thon comest.
Eshcegot, cishgot,
he comes.
Ush eshcegot,
we come.
Mesh eshcegot,
you come.
Eshcegotdsh
or
ashgotdsh,
they come.
Yi ecen
or
eco,
I have come..
Jlía ecen
or
eco,
tbou bast come.
Ecen
or
eco,
he has come.
Ushecen
or
eco,
we lHLve come.
(
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ln playing
witb
murbles ns in tLe game of :;olitaíre.