Rambles in Yucatan; or, Notes of Travel Through the Peninsula: Including a Visit to the Remarkable Ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi, and Uxmal. 2nd edNorman, Benjamin Moore
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Rambles in Yucatan; or, Notes of Travel Through the Peninsula: Including a Visit to the Remarkable Ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi, and Uxmal. 2nd ed
The second conjugation, which is the first of the active verbs, is
indicated by the termination, _ah_. The perfect likewise ends in _ah_,
being distinguished from the present by a different pronoun, and the
future in _z_. A few examples follow:—
Cambezah, cambezah, cambez, to teach;
Yukkahzah, " yukkahez, to examine;
Kochbezah, " kochbez, to blame;
Xupzah, " xupez, to destroy;
Zipzah, " zipez, to provoke.
The verbs of the third conjugation are all monosyllabic, and form the
preterite by the addition of _ah_, and the future in _é_ or _ab_
indiscriminately; as, for example:—
Kam, kamah, kamé or kamab, to receive;
Mac, macah, macé or macab, to shut;
Ux, uxah, uxé or uxab, to gather;
Xoc, xocah, xocé or xocab, to respect.
The verbs of the fourth conjugation differ from those of the third, in
being polysyllabic. They form the preterite by adding _tah_, and the
future by adding _té_ to the body of the verb. If the infinitive end in
_tah_, the preterite remains the same. Some examples follow:—
Kabatah, kabatah, kabaté, to number;
Kuul, kuultah, kuulté, to worship;
Lolobthan, lolobthantah, lolobthanté, to curse;
Nenol, nenoltah, nenolté, to contemplate;
Tzolthan, tzolthantah, tzolthanté, to interpret;
Zinché, zinchétah, zinchété, to crucify.
The irregular verbs, of which there are about as many as in our own
language, are to be learned only from practice. The auxiliary verbs
likewise require much attention, to enable the student to conjugate the
regular verbs. They are used in the different tenses and modes precisely
as the auxiliaries in the modern European languages, except that they
sometimes follow the participles in place of preceding them. We give the
reader a specimen of the mode of conjugating a verb of the second
conjugation in the present and imperfect tenses, our limits not allowing
us to give all its modifications.
PRESENT INDICATIVE.
Ten cambezic, I teach;
Tech cambezic, Thou teachest;
Lay cambezic, He teaches.
Toon cambezic, We teach;
Teex cambezic, Ye teach;
Loob cambezic, They teach.
IMPERFECT INDICATIVE.
Ten cambezic cuchi, I was teaching;
Tech cambezic cuchi, Thou wast teaching;
Lay cambezic cuchi, He was teaching.
Toon cambezic cuchi, We were teaching;
Teex cambezic cuchi, Ye were teaching;
Loob cambezic cuchi, They were teaching.
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