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RuooLPH ScHULLER
t,
ua-xa
and
va-:r:a
are identical. These forms undoubledly musl have been
oblained from Araona lndians, who spoke different dialects,
i-tsu, i-tso
and
xu(-ma), xu(-que)
are, 1 believe, elymologically relaled.
The palalal
t!i
became guttural in lhe Cavineña and lhe Araona dialect.
The verbs are conjugaled wilh lhe personal pronouns, as well as with lhe
possessives.
In spite of lhe conflicting slatemenls regarding lhe conjugalion, a few
examples may here be given.
The pronouns generally follow lhe verb.
Tacan a
eani quiema
1
1 am
Arao n a
ema
(soy)
ania
(estoy)
Cavineña
iquia
ania
The presenl indicative is a simple juxtaposition of the infinitive and the
respective pronouns, excepting lhe
3rd
person plural lo which is added lhe
particle
-pa
S4_
tune-:r:a-an.i-ta,
they are.
By suffixing
-na
lo lhe lhema
ani-,
a tense is formed which denotes that
the action-has taken place nol long ago.
1
was:
eama
l
.
quiema
~
ani-naj qwema-ani-na
Tenses more or less identical with our perfect are formed by post–
positions, most of them are temporal adverbs as:
mane,
before;
mane-itsa,
yesterday, in Tacana; and
tsine
ss,
yesterday, in Cavineña.
Tacan a
Araon a
Cavineña
1 was
eani-mane
ea/u-mane
ani-tsine
ani-mane-itsa
u-tsine
he was
ani-ta-mane
ique-xua
ani-la-mane!itsa
(a moment ago)
they were
ani-fa·f O
The latter is identical with the so-called remole perfect of t o h a ve.
1
had
ani-¡a-quiema
ani-¡a-n~i-quiema
ani-ta-ie-¡a-itSu-sa
ani-¡a ecuanese-¡a
ani-¡a-mi-cuane-se-¡a
ani-ta-i-¡a-it§u-ecuane-se-¡a
The present indicative of t o h a v e and t o be are the same. The future
is formed by suffixing
-ti
lo the thema
ani-,
and in Cavineña
.-buque.
Tacan a
Cav ineñ a
quiema ani-ti,
1 shall
be
ani-la-iti,
they will
be
ani-buque,
1 shall be (1 will
be?)
The condilional seems to be expressed by adding the following suffixes
to
ani.
S•t
This affix occurs likewise in the
3•d
person sing. of the perfect and oiller tenses.
ss Simply "day" in Tacana.