NORTHWEST E R N A M E R I C A. 565 



ma, my father sola tfifarn, our father 



mti/ui knluun, thy Father miti tifnm, your Father 



kok iinfam, his father kuntk iinfam, their father 



tfi yinni, my mother soto ttmnim 



maha kdniii, thy mother witi ti/iiiim 



kok ininnim, his mother kinuk iininiini 



tfi takwdlak, my eye soton tikwdlak, our eyes 



maha pukiniluk, thy eye mitin tiku-dlak, your eyes 



kok iiitaku-dltik, his eye kinuk inikicalak, their eyes 



t$i tfunmai or tammai, my house soto titmmai, our house 



malm piiMiiiui, tliy house miti timmai, your house 



o& iiniiimai, his house kinuk inimmai, their house 



No inflection or sign to indicate plurality could be discovered either in the noun or the 

 adjective. 



The following is the conjugation of the neuter verb ilfdtin, to be sick : 



PRESENT. 



f^i ilfdtin, I am sick tfiti ilfaf, we are sick 



intyi iffii f/ /i, thou art sick intgip ilfaf, ye are sick 



ilfdtin, he is sick kinuk in ilfaf, they are sick 



PAST. 



ilfdtin /ri kiiyi, I was sick yesterday hiti ilfaf, we were sick 



imkit iljiitin, thou wast sick imkup ilfaf, ye were sick 



hu ilfdtin, he was sick kun ilfaf, they were sick 



FUTURE. 



midji tail/it t^ii, to-morrow I shall be sick titi ilfit, we shall be sick 

 " tail/it maiia, " thou wilt be sick iapu ilfit, ye will be sick 

 " k'iil/il, " he will be sick kinuk in ilfit, they will be sick 



NEGATIVE. 



w&yk tfik ilfdtit, I am not sick w&yk sotok hilfaf, we are not sick 



ica.yk tniiyk ilfdtit, thou art not sick u-ayk mitiyk piilfaf, ye are not sick 



" ilfdtin kok, he is not sick " kinuk imilfaf, they are not sick 



Akioii, rain, has the following variations : 



kwitit, it rains 



eykwitit, does it rain ? 



u-ayk kwitit, it does not rain 



hakivitit kitatgikim, it rained last night 



tiis kikirnkwit, presently it will rain 



n-.'i ,i/.- tiis kumijdkwit, it will not rain soon 



tiis kiltekwiuntit, presently it will cease raining 



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