Come, we will begin with the verb hntal, a verb of the first conjugation, which signifies to rejoice.

Come along; hntam, I rejoice; hntas, thou rejoicest; why don't you follow, Belle ?" "I am sure I don't rejoice, whatever you may do," said Belle.

"The chief difficulty, Belle," said I, "that I find in teaching you the Armenian grammar, proceeds from your applying to yourself and me every example I give.

Rejoice, in this instance, is merely an example of an Armenian verb of the first conjugation, and has no more to do with your rejoicing than lal, which is, also a verb of the first conjugation, and which signifies to weep, would have to do with your weeping, provided I made you conjugate it.

Come along; hntam, I rejoice; hntas, thou rejoicest; hnta, he rejoices; hntamk we rejoice: now, repeat those words." "I can't," said Belle, "they sound more like the language of horses than human beings.