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A'da ni' kiyu'xtu, they wished them to go. 

 Da ni' kiyu'hi, he wished him to go. 

 De' na'unkihi', 1 wish that he could go [but he can not]. 

 De' na'wiyaki'hi, do you wish that he coukl go? 

 5 De' na'wikihi', he (A) wishes that he (B) could go. 

 De' nS,'wikixtu', they wish that he could go. 

 De' na'wiyakixtu', do you (pi.) wish that he could go? 

 De' na'uiikixtu', we wish that he could go. 



Te'ya hi' kiyu'hi, he (A) thought that he (B) ought to kill it, or him (C). 

 10 Ya'o"^ ni' kiyu'hi, he wanted him to sing [but he did not sing]. 

 Da hi' kiyu'xtu, they thought that he ought to go. 

 Neheya'^'xlii'di na'^'we de'di, though almost sure not to reach there, 



he goes (makes the trial in spite of almost certain failure). 

 E'ya'^ xki'di na'unkwe li^ni'x ne'di, 1 am going (walking) though I 



have but a slight chance of reaching there again. 

 E'ya"" yaki'di na'wiye ini'x ine'di, you are going (walking) though you 



have but the barest chance of reaching there again. 

 15 Tane'ks ade' Ski'^'spe te'winke nka'nde, I am trying to learn how to 



speak the Biloxi language well. 

 Tane'ks' ade' nki^'spe na'uukwe' nka'nde, I am trying to speak the 



Biloxi language well, though I can hardly hope to succeed. 

 Ti' o^ tewe' ha'nde, he is trying to make a house. 

 Ti' iyo"^' te'weye ya'nde, are you trying to make a house? 

 Ti' nko"^' te'winke nka'nde, I am trying to make a house. 

 20 Ti' o'' tewe' yuke'di, they are trying to make a house. 



Teye' wiyu'hi, he thought that he had killed it or him (B), but he had 



not. 



Dedi' wiyu'hi, he thought that he (B) had gone, but he had not. 

 Cni' wiyu'hi, he thought that he (B) Taad made it, but he had not. 

 Dedi' unkihi', I thought that he had gone, but he had not. 

 25 Dedi' iyiihi', you thought that he had gone, but he had not. 

 Ndedi' ya'^xki'hi, he thought that I had gone, but I had not. 

 Ndedi' ya^xkihi', did you think that I had gone? 



De o^' axki'hi nka'nde ko, I thought all along that he had gone, but 



he had not. 

 I'de o° inki'hi nka'nde ko, I was thinking all along that you had gone, 

 but you have not. 

 30 P'xka'^ na', let it (the standing ob.) alone! 



I'^'xkanda', let him (who is going about, ande) alone! 

 P'xk nanki', let him (the sitting one) alone! 



