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q!anaGMte'xsiti\i& had become poor {qlanacklti poor; -x transitive 

 affix; si- verbal prefix [§ 18.1]; tl to Vje) 



duxonqle'x sitl it had come to belong to his friends {du his; xon 

 friend; -q!e collective suffix [§ '.)]; -x transitive affix; si- verbal 

 prefix [§ 18.1]; tl ioh&) 



tela an qo'a qa'yaqd'q/mvAnx sitl but yet tliey became men such 

 as one can trade with {tela yet; an with them; qo'a however; 

 (/amen; ya- verbal prefix [§ 15.3]; qaq.'mvAn. such as one can 

 trade with [?]; -x [as before]; si- verbal prefix [§ 18.1]; tl to be) 



gux tust't we will make it become cooked {gu- future sign; -x transi- 

 tive affix; tit we; sit to cook) 



ayV de ye(fgAx did'q! T! A'qidentan they were going to invite the 

 TlA'qldentfin {a indefinite pronoun; yi-de post-position \de to]; 

 ye adverbial pi-etix; (f- indefinite prefix [§ 15.6]; gA- future 

 prefix [§ 15.5]; -x transitive affix: da- verbal prefix [§ 17.3]; iq 

 to invite) 



§ 16. PRONOMINAL. SUBJECT 



The subjective pronoun follows the first modal elements. Examples 

 illustrating the position of the subjective pronoun have been given 

 before (§ 11). The following example contains also first modals: 



Leb louxasAgo'k yandat! A'to I can not swim {hel not; wu- verbal 

 prefix [§ 15.1]; xa I; sa- verbal prefix [§ 18.1]; gok can; yan- 

 datlAtc to swim) 



§ 17. SECOND MODAL PREFIXES 

 1. djt- QUICKLY. 



TiA'sdu ddt xd djiu'digut enemies came upon them quickly ; (IiA'sdu 

 tliem; ddt upon; xd enemies; dji- quickly; u- verbal prefix 

 [i 17.2]; di- inchoative [§ 18.3]; gu to go; -t suffix [§ 20.1]) 



ode' dak wudjixl'x lie ran down to it (a- indefinite pronoun; de 

 to; dak down or out; wu- verbal prefix [§ 15.4]; dji- quickly; 

 xix to get) 



yux JiAS djtuded't they started to rush out {yux out; Iias they; 

 dji- quickly; u-de- [§ 17.2; § 18.3]; at to go) 



Leq! tslutd't ayu' At nate' Jias d'ji'usiJia one morning they started 

 out quickly to hunt alongshore (leq! tslutd't [see p. 200, note 11] 

 a-yu indefinite demonstrative pronoun; At indefinite object 

 nate' to hunt [?]; Jias they; dji- u-si yeThal prefixes [§ 17.2 

 § 18.1]; Jia to start) 

 - liAsduLd'k!^ adji't Jias adji'watAn they gave their sister to him 

 quickly; QiAsdu their; za^.'** sister; a^j(^)- indefinite pronoun 

 with intensive suffix; -t to; Iias they; a- demonstrative; 

 dji-wa- [§ 18.2]; tAn to give) 



§§ 16, 17 



