_Hakleenté_, I remember. _Hakleenchitápegřari_, I remember thee. _Hakkenchitapegii_, thou rememberest me. _Yákleentetápegiì_, he remembers me. From these instances, you will perceive the variation in transitive verbs, as sometimes _eřoà_, sometimes _yégarige_, sometimes _raři_, or other particles, must be added to the different persons. Believe me, the learning of them is extremely tedious to Europeans, and can only be effected by long acquaintance with these savages. Other Americans also use these transitive verbs, but their form is the same, whether mutual action or passion is expressed. Thus the Guaranies say, _Ahaĭhù_, I love. _Orohaĭhù_, I love thee. _Ayukà_, I kill. _Oroyukà_, I kill thee. _Amboé_, I teach. _Oromboe_, I teach thee, &c. What can be easier or more expeditious than this? They sometimes express the relative who, by _eknam_, or, in the plural number, _enonam_, thus: _Dios eknam Kaogarik_: God who is the creator. _Hemokáchin nauáchiekà, enonam yapochi_: I esteem soldiers who are brave. Sometimes, in the manner of the Latins, they suppress the relative who, and supply its place by a participle, or adjective. _Riákayà netegingà oakaika, kach quenò ahamr̂aeka_: I abominate biting and dead dogs. CHAPTER XVII. CONCERNING OTHER PECULIARITIES OF THE ABIPONIAN TONGUE. At this moment, I am doubtful whether to call the language of the Abipones a poor or a rich one: after I have told you what words they want, and what they abound in, you yourself shall decide on this point. The Abipones are destitute of some words which seem to be the elements of daily speech. They, as well as the Guaranies, want the verb substantive to be. They want the verb to have. They have no words whereby to express _man_, _body_, _God_, _place_, _time_, _never_, _ever_, _everywhere_, &c. which occur perpetually in conversation. Instead of I am an Abipon, they say _Aỳ`m Abipon_, I Abipon; instead of thou art a plebeian, _Akami Lanařaik_, thou plebeian. They often substitute some neuter verb for an adjective and verb substantive, like the Latins, who say _bene valeo_ as well as _sum sanus_. Thus, I am strong, _Riahòt_, thou art strong, _Grihochi_, he is strong, _Yhòt_. I am brave, _Riapòt_, thou art brave, _Grapochì_, he is brave, _Yapòt_. I am fearful, _Riakalò_, thou art fearful, _Grakaloi_, he is fearful, _Yakalò_. Let the Spaniard come, I shall be brave: _Tach hanék Kaámelk, la riapotam_. See how well the Abipones do without the verb _to be!_ as also the verb _to have_. I have many horses: _Ayte yla ahëpega_: many horses mine. I have many fleas: _Netegink loapakate enò! Pop_. I have no meat: _Chitkaeká lpabè_. I have no fishes: _Chigekoà nòayi_. _Hekà_ has the same meaning with the Abipones that _datur_ or _suppetit_ has with the Latins, _es giebet_ with the Germans, and _hay_ with the Spaniards. _Chitkaekà_ is a negative, and signifies that there is no meat, fishes, &c.