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ALFEED .T. HALL : 



"li, the person s])okon oi' is pret^ent, but nearer to the ])ersoii spoken to tlian to the speaker, 

 k, if speaking of a phiee in whieh you are residing at the time, or the day on which you speak. 



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eki gïkumî, 



yilksruni fimp, ' 

 naukfiill bagwSuuii 



He is a good chuf. 1 



He ix a bad father, i. not 



Uc is a jcise mait. present- 



ekig gïkumî, 



j'ùkslimig gïkuuiî, 



naukâdig bagwruium, 



He is a good chief ] 

 He is a had chief, or ; 

 ÏVii s is a bad ch ief. 

 Tills is a. vise man. 



near 

 speaker. 



uk 



ekyCi/v- gïkumî, He is a good chief- ] 



yaksiîmûA' gîkuuiï, He is a had chief, j 



wudûla, cold; wudàlû/.', /( is cold. 



naukâdûi- bagwânum, He is a 



■m-se mail. 



near 



person 



I sjioken to. 



J 



Yalïs 1 . , f Speaker not there. "1 



Yalîsîi- 1 '''''■'■' ^'"" t Speaker there. [- 



okyfU' YalîsîA', Alert Bay is a good place J 



wudrdû/:\vû nûlfi/:, /( is cold lo-duy. 



where 



speaker 



hves. 



(1) Adjectives of Quality. 



There are three usual degrees of Comparison, the comparative ending in h'nol and the 

 superlative in Id. Thus, ek, good ; eldakrm'i, better ; ekiakl, best. The last syllable of the 

 superlative gives the idea " among," "best among all" or " best of all." This will be seen 

 by comparison Avith the following words : mv'ik'i, inside of any substance ; glgilkl, walk- 

 ing among ; glgiakl, there among. 



Every Adjective has a second Comparative to which the verb "to be" is attached. 



Examples. 



Qood, ek ; belter, âekiâtla. 



Let it be done better {thing not near), fiekiatla la liyî. 



Let it be done better {thing near), âekiâtla la hyCU'. 



Black, zûtlâ ; a trifle blacker, zûzûtlâtlâ. 



He is blacker, zâzûtlâtla (person not present). 



He is blacker, zâzûtlâtlût {thinij spoken of present.) 



High, îkiâla ; go a little higher, âîkïstâla. 



