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To give the imperative more force, the syllable

itd, itrsh

and

itnsh

are frequently added, thus :

Hanshc, hane

hanud,

come and take.

Oairnshc, caim

ca,irnitd,

light a tire.

Oishc, oi

oiiwsh,

sit down.

Habeshc, habene, habenwnsh,

fetch water.

and

urshc,

are often used together.

Eyuditrsh,

give me;

toyitdursh,

lend me.

Gai itditrsh,

throw;

hanuditrsh,

come and take.

Osh,

another affix to an imperative, is equivalent to

it:

Garosh,

look for it;

halcosh,

write

it.

Holcenosh,

tie it;

lcatenosh,

eat it.

The syllaples

ish

nish

are used for the first person pl. and

are equivalent to let us, viz:

Jenish,

let us go;

agenish,

let us run;

shenish,

let us (go to)

sleep;

oinish,

Jet us sit down ;

halcenish,

let us write.

Emsh

is the ending for the second person plnral.

Eurn naiernsh,

play furth er off;

coternsh,

ta,ke off, let got;

1n'watemshc,

let fall;

.iene1nsh,

go away;

caitarernsh,

be silent.

the imperative is accompa,niecl

a pronoun of' the first

person in the accusative case, as df'fend

rne

bring or take

me,

etc., etc., the case must be prefixecl to the verb, as

yi?n, shoce/,–

wite, yi ha,n.

Verbs which drop their first letter in taking a pronoun in the

accusative, suppress that letter also in the irnperative, thus:

Yirnoi,

leave me;

yecsha,

ask me;

YUrnece,

lead me;

yaish,

cull me.

Ucwirnoi,

leave us both ;

1icwcilce,

strike us both;

itcwaish,

call us (both};

Ushwenite,

sencl us;

whwaiolce,

physic us ;

itsh–

washe,

push us.

the accusati

consist of pronouns in the third person, it is

affixecl to the verb, which then retains its first le.tter :