perf

Example Sentences

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Note the idiomatic use of the perf. partic. of a verb of motion after kommen, to express the manner of coming.

From Aus meinem Königreich by Sylva, Carmen

Present, 1st person, sing., canan-in-cah, I guard; imperf. 1st pers. sing., canan-in cah cuchi; perf., 1st pers. sing., in canan-t-ah.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Heart-shaped, small perf.; fine green stone, jade or serpentine.

From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Norman, Wm. B.

Subjunctive, 1st pers. sing. pres. ta usu mia; 2d pers. sing. perf. avi epe usu mia.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Participles, pres. doing; perf. done; compound, having done.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel