Some form the
perfect in guari, and future in guatze; others the perfect in uhri,
and future in ?htze, ?itze, or in guatze.
30. To form _Compound Neuter Verbs_, the verb d?an, I go, is
frequently used, as bah?tunan, I melt (active); bah?tudaan, I melt,
or am melting, the neuter, bar?nan, I soften; baricdaan, I go on to
soften; zic?nan, I break; zic?cdaan, I break (neuter); the perfect
being dai, the future, d?tze.
31. _Other Neuters_ are formed of active verbs ending in an by
changing it into en, as seb?n, I freeze; seben, freeze; bas?n, I
ripen; basen, ripen; sep?n, cool; sepen, cool; nacuan, hurt; nacuen,
hurt. To form the perfect, the en is changed into i; but the future,
although it always ends in tze, differs, as will appear by the
vocabulary.
32. In the same manner as of Active Verbs in an, _Neuter Verbs_ in
en are made, so from other actives in an, neuters are made in un, as,
bus?n, I awake another; bus?n, I awake me; tutzan, I quench; tuc?n, I
quench me, in the perfect changing the un to i, and the future to tze.
PLURAL OF VERBS.
33. This language has the notable peculiarity of the verbs oftentimes
differing greatly in the plural from the singular, as, vaqu?n, enter
one; m?ume, enter many; v?on, one to lay down; med?guame, lay down
many; m?ran, one to run; v?ome, many to run; bat?mucun, to drown
oneself; bet?coome, many to drown themselves; batemean, drown one;
batec?dan, drown many.
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