A KWAGIUTL GEAMMAR. 



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EXAMI'LES. 



Ï7/C dircipk'S watt out tvo hy luv, 



Give them one {apple) each. 



They each brovght fix toys, 



They each liavc three hags of Jluur, 



Each man had twelve pairs of hlankels, 



There leerc twenty men in each boat, 



mû Î tnfdukw maula da disciples. 



zaw lats nStl numskuma Ifih diU-wiik. 



kl-kuklii-zâk gâAyau sa bibagwrimim. 



yâtl yûdûliw siiniî kwu/.'fizes. 



mâ-î mfitluA'sa gïyû gwum. 



uiâ-I mâtl tsum giustau IfiAfi uâhwâ sakiîs. 



D. — Ordinal Numbers. 



First, 



Following (second). 



Last, 



giali. 



mâkila. 



âtli/>sdï or ul/.-glî. 



We ciiiniol biiy "(his is the .second day of the month," but, "this is two da_)s of the niontli, 

 In mâtl pun hwasa mukwila. 



E. — Miscellaneous Numbers. 



((() Numbers expressing Bulk 



Three rows of soldiers or tlirec groups, 

 Three piles of books, 

 Tliree heaps of potatoes, 

 The ten commandments, 



The divisions of a sermon oi' lecture would bo, 



ySdûhwîdatla soldiers, 

 yûdfdiwîdatla Uiadukw. 

 yfulrdiwidatla kwûsi. 

 uukrdiidatla wâtldum. 



I. numh-Idatla- 

 II. mâtl-îdatla. 

 III. yûdûhwidatla. 



(b) Numbers expressing Measurement- 



Thumb and forefinger extended, i.e. one meas- 

 urement of the short hand, numpunk lâ^'â zuk-zânfiyî. 



Thumb and second finger extended, i.e. one mea- 

 surement of the long hand, uumpunk ISfcl gil-zfinuyi- 



Tteo arms extended {fathom), numpunk Wcâ bâkla. 



From centre of breast to end of extended arm, nultabûdï waskumasas. 



1 ~j ( numpunk. 



- V Fathoms (or any measure you may be using). < mallpunk. 



3 3 V. yiidiihwpunk, &c. 



IJ One fathom and a half. 



numpunk liimlsa nukabfidî. 



(c) Numeral Verbs. 



lam one, or alone. 

 You are alone. 

 Se is alone {person seen). 

 He is alone {the person not seen). 

 Two of us {person addressed not included). 

 Two of u^ {person addressed inchuled). 

 They are two, or there are two of them. 

 We are three, or there are three of us. 

 We are four, or there are f oxer of us. 



numiikw mun. 



" ums. 



" um. 



" mi. 

 mrdiikwuniikw. 

 mrdukwunts. 

 mûlûkw dSA'w. 



yfidrdiwunilbw or yûdfdvwunts. 

 mûkwunûhw or mûkwuuts. 



