A KWAGIUTL GRAMMAE. 



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Sometimes the sign of tlie Comparative kaw't ' is added, as brihanritlahduù Id hy'ik, put it a triHe 

 iiiwor ; (lekhvhiknin hi /»/»k, do it a little lietter. 



N'KriiiAi. Form of Comparison'. 



Sentencbs on the Adjectives. 



Î7(i.<! is good, 



This is the better, 



This is the best, 



James is stronger than Charles, 



James is more playful than Cliurles, 



Tarn tall but you are taller, 



It is colder tliis uinter than last. 



The sun is brighter than the moon. 



He is better to-day, 



This {canoe) arrived before the rest, 



He is below {in, position) his felloiv men, 



He is beneath his companions. 



gia um ek. 



gia um ekiâkâwi. 



gia um ekiakî. 



tlokwâkfiwfiyî James fas Charles. 



umumtlbusakrnvnyi James sas Charles, 



gilduA-sdiu Ifi glâ tas gildufadfikfiwriya. 



■Hudrdâkâwrij'ii/,' da zawun/^-fiAs zawun/.-wfitl'i/,-. 



yii'a klîsila kwukâtla kâwl sa raukwila. 



âekîdStla iwS nfda. 



gialagïwî gia. 



bumikâwi sis bahwit. 



bunfikâwî sis wanUw. 



EXAMI'UOS OF THE SUI'BRLATIVB. 



He is the lowest of all. 



This is the largest house of all. 



This tree is the tallest tree I hare seen, 



bunfdfiki sa nrdiwû. 



gia um walazakî giukw. 



gia um giltaki glosin dûkwitl. 



The Superlative is also expressed by adding the advei'bs kimklila, very, aul, truly, and hmâma, 

 very, to the adjective. Kimklila is used in a bad sense, e.g., to say "very good" you must not employ 

 kunklila, but aul, writing aid ek. 



Examples 



A very bad {man), 

 A very good man. 



He is very sick. 



Very great, 



He is very dever, 



A'unklila yfiksum 

 aul ek bagwûuum. 

 ' iunklila (sick understod). 



auH zihkfi {not present). 



aulig zilikfi (near speaker). 



aulnfc zilikri {near tlie person spoken to). 

 hïnûma wrdas. 

 hinfima egihvnt. 



1 . num. 



2. mfitl. 



3. yûdùhw. 



^2) NuMER.ii. Adjectives. 



A. — Cardinal Numbers. 



4. mû. 



5. sikiâ. 



6. kuklfi. 



' I,-'~ur''(u'i and kauulya are lengthened forms of Inir'i. 



