of Yuchi. Contractions take on several forms and occur in many other environments. Those seeking additional information about the many kinds of contraction in Yuchi are advised to seek out Dr. Mary Linn's "A Grammar of Euchee." A list of the most commonly contracted morphemes is below, along with their grammatical function. ne- : 2nd-person singular actor we-: 3rd-person non-Yuchi actor or patient, singular or plural 'o-: 3rd-person plural Yuchi actor or patient (women's speech) hi-: 3rd-person inanimate patient, singular or plural ho-: 3rd-person inanimate patient and participant, singular or plural 'yu-: verb root -ne-: habitual aspect -e: active verbalizer Grammar Like many Indigenous languages of the Americas, Yuchi grammar is agglutinative. Words are formed by the addition of various prefixes and suffixes to a mono- or polysyllabic stem. Yuchi features separate male and female registers and an idiosyncratic noun classification system wherein nominal distinction is made regarding animacy, Yuchi ethnicity, kinship and, for inanimate nouns, shape or spatial position. Much of the information in this section is drawn from Wagner (1938); some of Wagner's conclusions, particularly regarding his interpretation of Yuchi kinship terminology and certain aspects of his description of Yuchi pronouns, have been disputed. Verbs The Yuchi verb consists of a mono- or polysyllabic stem modified almost exclusively by suffixing. Yuchi features attributive verbs, which is to say that the language makes very little distinction between verbs and adjectives as parts of speech. For this reason, Yuchi verbs and adjectives are virtually identical. Tense The concept of temporal verb inflection is only weakly realized in Yuchi and corresponds more closely in some cases to aspect rather than tense. The past tense is generally expressed via suffixing of the verb stem. -djinincomplete past ("ate") -dji'nfwacomplete past ("had eaten") -djinfa'habitual past ("used to eat") -djinfwadji'nemphatic past ("happened to eat") -djigo'uncertain past ("perhaps ate") There are also two ways of expressing future tense. The first, which usually denotes intentions or events of the immediate future, is expressed by lengthening, stressing and nasalizing the final syllable of the verb stem. The second, pertaining to the distant future, is expressed by the suffix -e'le. Modality Modality of the verb is also expressed through suffixing. -no imperative ("go!") -wo exhortative ("should go") -go potential ("might go") -ho emphatic ("did go") -te ability ("can go") Nouns Nouns are classified according to a broad animate versus inanimate paradigm which is expressed using a variety of article