Now we will try to put together what we have learned in the previous 
lessons. We will take htu (he) as an example;

      htu  ......... tu         he is ( for identity)
      htu ......... Ala 	he was ( describing action in the past)
      htu ......... hala 	he is ( describing action in the present)

      Hamd  HSan n'ush tu       Hamid is a young boy.  
      htu   HSan n'ush tu       he    is a young boy.
            HSan n'ush tu             is a young boy. 
			(the subject "he" is inherent in the copula tu)

      Hamd  ltelhe Ala/hala     Hamid was playing/is playing
      htu   ltelhe Ala          he was playing.
            ltelhe Ala             was playing.

      Hamd  sekb   Ala/hala     Hamid was sleeping/is sleeping
      htu   sekb   Ala          he was sleeping.
            sekb   Ala          was sleeping.

      We will do the same thing with Hmum (= sick )

      Hamd Hmum tu 	Hamid is sick ( has some kind of sickness that is 
                                       always with him )
      Hamd Hmum Ala    	Hamid was sick. 
      Hamd Hmum hala   	Hamid is now sick.

 
Summary

      I           ana ........ ana
                  ana ........ Alko
                  ana ........ haleko

      you (f)     enti ........ enti
                  enti ........ Alki
                  enti ........ haleki

      you (m)     enta ........ enta
                  enta ........ Alka
                  enta ........ haleka

      she         hta ......... ta
                  hta ........  Alet
                  hta ........  halet

      he          htu ......... tu
                  htu ......... Ala
                  htu ......... hala        

      you (p,m)   entum ...... entum
                  entum ...... Alkum 
                  entum ...... halekum

      you (p,f)   entn  ........ entn 
                  entn ........ Alkn
                  entn ........ halekn


      we         nHna ( Hna )  ........ nHna ( Hna )
                 nHna ( Hna ) ......... Alna
                 nHna ( Hna ) ......... halena

      they (f)   hten  ........ ten 
                 hten  .......  Aleya
                 hten  .......  haleya

     they  (m)   htom  .......... tom
                 htom  .......... Alew
                 htom  .........  halew

One last example for she. Note how the adjective is gender 
dependent, i.e. changes with gender, but we will come to this later
on, on coming lessons. 

      arhiet welet reyam ta      Arhiet is a tall girl.
      arhiet geys  Alet          Arhiet was going.
      arhiet tsE  halet          Arhiet is running.

 Now we can do the same for the other pronouns with the verb geys = going
 and lsE ( for he )

     I         esAe  haleko/ Alko       I am running/ was running
     you(f)    tsI   haleki/Alki        you are running/was running
     you(m)    tsAe  haleka/ Alka       you are running/was running
     he        lsAe  hala/ Ala          he is running/was running
     she       tsAe  halet/Alet         she is running/was running
     we        nsAe  halena/Alna        we are/were running
     you(f)    tsEya halekn/Alkn        you are/were running
     you(m)    tsU   halekum/Alkum      you are/were running
     they(f)   lsEya haleya/Aleya       they are/were running
     they (m)  lsU   halew/Alew         they are/were running

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       Today we have learned the following new words;

        skab      	sleep(n)
        sekba      	slept (v) 
        lsE       	running

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                   End of Lesson 5

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