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TRANSACTIONS OP THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



[Vol. V. 



Examples of the Inanimate Demonstrative. 



Amo nitsapyoyis • = This (is) my house. 

 Amanakas = This wagon. 



Amosts matakists = These potatoes. 



Omests sinaksists = Those letters. 



The Interrogative Pronoun. 

 Interrogative pronouns are those which are used for asking questions. 



Examples. 

 Tcakitawani = What dost thou say ? (present tense). 

 Tcakitani = What dost thou say ? What didst thou say } 



This latter (imperfect tense) form is used more frequently by the 

 Indians, instead of the present tense, but it has the force of the present. 



Tcawanio = What does he say ? 



Tuka kituqkoka = Who gave you .'' 

 Tcanistaoats = What did he say ? 



The Relative Pronoun. 



Relative pronouns serve to connect the clause of a sentence with its 

 antecedent, and to describe or modify it. 



