 | Juan Bautista Ignacio Molina - 1808 - 396 páginas
...the opinion of those well acquainted with it, a complete dictionary thereof would require more than one large volume ; for, besides the radical words,...grammatical rules, which always make the subsequent depend upon its antecedent, that the theory of the language is easy, and may be readily learned in a few days.... | |
 | Giovanni Ignazio Molina - 1809 - 428 páginas
...to conversation. But what is truly surprising in this language is that it contains no irregular veib or noun. Every thing in it may be said to be regulated...grammatical rules, which always make the subsequent depend upon its antecedent, that the theory of the language is easy, and may be readily learned in a few days.... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1832 - 384 páginas
...American languages is not the least curious of their peculiarities. Molina says of that of Chili — " What is truly surprising in this language is, that...grammatical rules, which always make the subsequent depend upon the antecedent, that the theory of the language is easy and may be learned in a few days." Vol.... | |
 | 182 páginas
..."savage languages" lacked an elaborate series of numerals and a vocabulary for "metaphysical ideas." contains no irregular verb or noun." Every thing in...grammatical rules, which always make the subsequent depend upon the antecedent, that the theory of the language is easy and may be learned in a few days (. .... | |
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Every thing in it may be said to be regulated with a geometrical precision, and displays much art with great simplicity, and a connection so well ordered and unvarying in its grammatical rules, which always make the subsequent depend upon the antecedent,... 