DORSBY-swANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 151 



Xo'bi dande' yeke' na, it must be going to rain. 

 Wahu' dande' yeke' na, it must be going to snow. 

 Wahu' xoxo'hi dande' yeke' na, it must be going to hail. 

 Xuxwexti' dande' yeke' na, it must be going to blow very hard. < 



5 Nau"' klipf nixti' dande' yeke' na, there must be going to be bad 



weather. 

 Ta'^ya'^' kida' dande', yeke' na, he must be about to return to town. 

 E'ya"^ nda' dande' yeke'na, I must be going thither [because I have 



been ordered to go]. 



Nda' dande' o°ya°', I was going some time ago (I was about to go then). 

 Nda' dande' ha^'tca nde'ni nka'nde, I was going but I have not yet 

 gone (said if I have work to do there). 



10 Sa'hiye ya'nde ha° ide' pihe'na, you ought to stay here a while before 

 you go. 



Nde o°' pihe' etike' nka'nde e'de nda' dande', I should have gone long 



ago, but now 1 am going. 

 ;Nko°' o°' pihe' etike' fika'nde e'de nko°' dande', 1 should have made 



it long ago, though I did not, but now 1 am going to make it. i 

 Nka'duti o°' pihe' etike' nka'nde e'de nka'duti' dande', I should have 



eaten it long ago, though I did not, but now 1 am going to eat it. 

 ;K^ki°spe' o°' pihe' etike' nka'nde e'de nki^spa' dande', I should have 



learned how to do it long ago, but now I am going to learn. 

 16 Nko'^'tu o°' pihe' etike' nyuke' e'de nko'^'tu dande', we should have 



made it long ago, but now we are going to make it. 

 A'da da'nde o'^'ya^, they were going long ago [but they did notj. 

 A'de o""' pihe', they should have gone long ago. 

 I°spe' o"^' pihe', he should have learned it long ago. 

 Yahe'de nda' dande', I will go now (said if in the house). 

 20 Nde' pihe', I ought to go. 



E'de nde'di, I am going now (am just starting). 



E'de nda' o°'ni, I am just going (said if on the way). 



S^ki°tcpe' nyuke' naha' nka'de, we were laughing at it a while and 



then we went on. 

 Onkta""' nkama'nki naha' nka'de, we all were sitting a while and then 



we went on. 

 25 Onkxaxa' nkama'nki naha' nka'de, we were all sitting [standing?] a 



while and then we went on. 

 Ita°' yama'nki nah aya'de, you all were sitting a while and then you 



went on. 



Ixaxa' yama'n^i nah aya'de, you all were standing a while and then 

 you went on. 



