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dAue't ayide' ye wududzi'ni a box of grease was put inside of the 

 canoe {dAne't box of grease; a- indefinite pronoun; -yide 

 inside; ye thus [?]; wu- [§ 15.4]; du-; dzi- [§ 18.6]; ni to put 

 aboard) 



Lei TiAS dutl'n they could not see him {lII not; Iias t\\&y, du- 

 perfect suffix; tin to see) 



4. gci- is a prefix wliich indicates usually that the action was per- 



formed just before some other action, and may be translated 

 by our conjunction when. This may be identical with the 

 ga in aga or agaawe'tsa as soon as, immediately upon. 



Lax d'tAtc gadJA'qinawe ddq ugu'ttc when he became very cold, 

 he always came out {Lax very; at cold; -tc intensive suffix; 

 ga^; djaq to die of [hyperbohcally] ; -m suffix [§ 19.3]; awe 

 when; daq out; u- [§ 17.2]; gu to go; -t suffix [§ 20.1]; -tc 

 always [§ 19.1]) 



age'di Tias gd'dustln liA'sduddt xd djiudigu't when they saw them 

 inside, the enemy started to come upon them (see p. 179, 

 no. 3, third example) 



dul'c d'm akind' wugaxi'xin yu'gAgan ye ye'ndusqetc when the 

 sun got straight up over her father's town, they always said to 

 her as follows {du- her; %c father; dn town; -i possessive 

 suffix; a- indefinite pronoun; Tcind' above; wu- [§ 15.4]; ga-; 

 xix to reach; -in suffix [§ 19.3]; yu- demonstrative; gAgan 

 sun; ye thus; yen possibly there; du- [§ 17.3]; s- [§ 18.1]; qa 

 to say ; -tc intensive suffix) 



5. n€i- is employed when the action with which it is associated is 



represented as accompanied by or accompanying some other 

 action. Just as ga- may often be translated when, this prefix 

 may be translated while, yet the two may be used together. 

 It is so similar to the suffix -n [§ 19.3] that it is not unlikely 

 that the two are identical. 



ayA'xde yanagu'diayu aosotl'n cdWA't yu'adlglga' cwu'zixac while 

 he was going around the lake, he saw a woman floating there 

 {a- indefinite pronoun; yAX around; f/^ at; ya- [§ 15.3]; na-; 

 gu to go; -t purpose [§ 20.1]; ayu indefinite pronoun and 

 demonstrative; a- indefinite pronoun; o- [§ 17.2]; si- [§ 18.1]; 

 tin to see; cd'wAt woman; yu demonstrative; adlglga in it 

 [exact meaning uncertain] ; c- reflexive ; wu- lI- verbal prefixes 

 [§ 15.4; § 18.5]) 



ddq TiAS naqo'x a' ayu yuhunxo'a ye'q.'ayaqa while they were going 

 shoreward, the eldest brother said as follows {ddq shoreward; 



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