1892.] ^-L . [Brinton. 



frequently omitted or uttered so slightly as to be scarcely audible. 

 In the syllables quec and qued the final consonants are rarely clear, 

 and both often have the sound q'^. In the vocabulary the o and 

 sch should be pronounced as in German. 



Nouns. 



The relations of nouns are indicated by suffixes, e.g. : 



Tana, the forest. 



Tananquec, to the forest, or, in the forest. 



Tanancla, from the forest. 



Some words indicate the genitive relation by the termination 

 qui. 



Nouns may be formed from verbals by the suffix m or bi, as 

 timinlec, I die; timipi, the dead person, the corpse; also by the 

 suffix asu, as dacoialec, I am ashamed ; dacotastc, one who is 

 ashamed. The infix cuda has the same effect. 



The instrumental sense is conveyed by the termination c, which 

 is the abbreviation of quec or quecla. 



Seotic, knife. 

 Seoiicquec, with a knife. 



"■ With," in the sense of accompaniment, is expressed by /ec, as : 



Sadasulee, with a married man. 

 Paparulec, with my father. 



Direction from is indicated by the termination ^«^^/a/ "for" 

 or " instead of" by maleg, as : 



Natquimaleg, for or in place of another. 



Pronouns. 



The personal pronouns are : 



I, coa, qua. We, cuda, quenmoa, tnapoa. 



Thou, quenma. You, qiunma'ma. 



He or she, nana: They, nauha, nanalosa, nanadap'r- 



losa. 

 This one, asii. Those, asudap' rlosa. 



The possessives are : 



Mine, quaqiii, ru, ca. Our, cudaqui, mapoa. 



Thine, quenmaqui, palin, ma. Your, quenmamaqui, palenma. 



His, nanaqui. Their, nanaqui. 



