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Examples. 



Wëla-ânawïsî, îsin kauklila, pcr/iap« he is, 1 do not hnoii; 



GiSA' um J'untfi kwâsûtlila, ^jrr/m^is they are coming (in a canoe) 



Nik Aunt iks {or yika) nïkia ï, 1 suppose he means tliat (subject understood) bij speaking in this manner 



La um iunti, perhaps they arc gone 



La giânuniks, tS klin, perhaps I will go (in reply to the question, " Will you go ? ") 



Ke gianumks tS klints or ke gianum glâ klints, pcr/iops wc will 



Is gianum kla wîsin là- kl, I suppose I shall go ("all the others are going" understood) 



(15.) Communicative Verbs (pa). 



Examples : — Giawâla pâ là hyints, let us help each other 

 " pâ lâA'unts, î'v may help each other 



" pâ lâ/.s-dints, ur might hare helped each other 



" pûtlints, wc used to help each other. 



(16.) Desiring Verbs (iks.) 



Nâk-U's-din I desire drink 



NukiJ'sdutlin I toanted drink 



Nâki/.sda lâ/j un Imay want drink 



NûkïÂsda \âks din T might have wanted drink 



Mï4-ïA-s-din I desire sleep 



lïika\a,-iks-dm I desire to work 



Dfikwila-ite-din Idenre to see 



Most of these vei'bs have their noun formed from the root of the verb and bis aflSxed. 



NâA--bis Drunkard, fond of drink 



Aus-bis Fond of his father 



Mîfc-bis Always sleeping 



Dadâtl-bis Always laughing 



These nouns with tlic verb to be affixed are conjugated thus: — 



NaAbisin / am a drunkard 



iVSAbis-fitlin 1 was a drunkard 



(1*7) Adjective Verbs («k). 



WûdfdûA C cold KlAkwût It is red 



ZilkwfiA: . warm YûgwûA- It rains 



WunkulûA- ■' 1 deep KwîsûA It snows 

 LïAûA 



Kula added to a noun is a verb, meaning to •' say" or " call." 



Nazarene Aula SÛ kli He shall be called a Nazarcne | Dun-Aula Singing. 



Gîkumî Aula su kll He shall be called chief 



]v^.B. — Whenever the Indians sing, they beat a large wooden box (drum), and it says clun, dun, 

 dun ; hence dunkula. 



