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(5.) Temporal Adverbs. 



Um as, ma vvl« yla 

 LiU'w klin da iiiii as 



Kila mil as 



Hi um as gWc kwetlî 



Ek ma wis glut 



Wrgia liyints kwâtl ma wis 



gla 

 Kwiitlagia um asl 



" asghU 



Is ma fitla 



Yâksum ûtlîda bûkwûm, Is 



ma ûtiâ kûs giâ/.â 

 num puna 



Mrst,for the present 

 Afal'e up the. fire before you 



do miijthing ehe 

 Come here before you go 



any farther 

 Let it be lilejhat for tite 



jiresent 

 It will do for the present 

 Let us leave off for the 



present 

 Let him stop for tlie present 



(person referred to not 



near). 

 Let him stop for the present 



(person referred to near) 

 Before 

 The Indians were wicked 



before y oik came 

 Once (see Multiplicative 

 Adjectives) 



L5. ki da giâlâ-bâ yfitla 

 Laglmfihw, kwatlila 

 Lâgluiûhw ma lA' kwfiplda 

 Kwûtlila ml gin nik yûkl 



Kl-ûtl-wiltl 

 Kî-ûtl-wûtliii lu lui Yalîs 



Atl-um 



Atl-um klin UT-kl 



Hïmun ûtlî kwfitla 



Wfnvûsdum 



Ekikulin klfitun wfiwâsdum 



lâÂ- England 

 Kupetla klin glfis /am 



wfivvâsdum liwilâ 

 kgin 



ks la â kûs 

 ks Ifi î 



In the beginning 



Already 



Is it lorn already '? 



I have told you already or 



before 

 Long time ago 

 A long time ago I leenl la 



Alert Bay 

 Finally, just now, by and by 

 I will go presen tly 

 I have just finished 

 During, uliile, till, until 

 1 was htrppg during my stay 



in England 

 I will stay idth you till I 



die (lit. as long as I live) 

 As or when I 

 As or when you 

 As or when he 



Examples. 



Dâtlîdin klâfe la â kfis dun/at 



Wa yiks la î bunûtlila 



Yiks la â kûs yâlâA-îdun, lin ûgwâkâ 



yâlâkâ sig 

 KIs ma I 



Kâ lis KIs ma î John la i glum lû/cîi 



wâlazî 

 KIs dek ma \k kwâtla 

 Ki-ûtl 



Kî-ûtl kle kûs giâiâ 

 Atl-It 



La ums, âtl-îda 

 Sta âkw, 



Bagwânum sta âkw 

 Ek sta âkw 

 Nânl sta âkw 



I laughed when you sang 



Now when he was going down 



As you have sent me, so have I also sent them 



Not yet ((?ck is|inperted to express surprise and 



sometimes anger) 

 For John ivas not yet cast into prison 



Wlty, you have not yet finished ! 

 Soon 



You have soon, come 

 Late 



You are late 



In like manner 



It has the appearance of a man 



It looks as if it were good 



It is like a goat 



VIL— CONJUNCTION. 



A conjunctiou is a part of speech employed to connect words and sentences. It is 

 usual to divide conjnnctions into two classes, Copulative and Disjuutive. The former 

 connect or continue a sentence ; the latter serve to express opposition to the principal 

 sentence. 



(1.) Copulative Conjunctions. 



Glû, himis And 



Yin gla wl daUmpanumûkw land the Father are one 



munûhw 



Glus And you 



George gla wis abump George and his motlier 



HImIs This word connects num- 



bers 

 Mâtl tsum giûstau himlsa Twenty and one 



num 

 Kâs That 



