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For examples of the use of this prefix with the future, see in § 15.6. 

 It is important to note the evident identity of this prefix with 

 the particle as or Asi. 



dis JcawuJci's.'i asuju' Leq! tat yu'awasa it was a whole month 

 which he thought a night {dis month; Tcawuki'sH whole; Asi 

 particle; yu demonstrative; Lec[! one; tat night; yu demon- 

 strative; a- indefinite pronoun; wa- verbal prefix [§ 18.2]; 

 sa to say [ = think]) 



XAtc yetsl'net La Asiyu' it was the mother of the bears {xAtc this; 

 La mother) 



XAtc te Asiyu' it was a stone 



2. tva- indicating completed action. 



tslutd't ayu' dak Tias uwaqo'x in the morning, at that time out 



they got (w- [§ 17.2]; wa-; qox stem) 

 Atld'x Aas uwaxe' behind them they camped 

 liAS CqlAt qoan ca'oduwaxetc they conquered the Stikine Indians 



{CqlAt Stikine; qoan people; ca- [?]; o- [§. 17.2]; du- [§ 17.3]) 

 gul Lax Leq! dis liAsduka' cuwaxl'x probably entirely one month 



on them passed (cu-[§ 15.1]) 

 aLe' , xdt u'waJia mother, I am hungry (u- wa- verbal prefix;es 



[§ 17.2]; ha stem) 



3. dt- denotes the beginning of an action. 



adA'xawe xd djiudigu't after that to war they started (xd war; 

 dji-u- [§ 17.1, 2]) 



qeqe'de qonaha' Le cu'yaqla'oditAU toward morning the woman 

 began to change her manner of talking {cu- completely 

 [§ 15.1]; ya [?]; q!a- mouth; o- [§ 17.2]; ^^?i stem) 



ace'nya wudiLd'x it had begun to mold at the corner {a- indefi- 

 nite pronoun; ce'nya corner of; wu- [§ 15.4]) 



wuckA't caodite' they started to rush around {wu- [§ 15.4]; c- 

 reflexive prefix; TcAt post-position; ca- reflexive [?]; o- d%- 

 verbal prefixes [§ 17.2]; te stem) 



yuxd'uAs! AdA'x q.'aodisa' he began blowing on the raft {yu- 

 demonstrative ; xd'nas! raft; q!a- mouth [§ 14.1]; o- [§ 17.2]) 



JcaoditlA'q! it began to be hot weather {Jca- o- di- verbal prefixes 

 [§ 15.2; § 17.2]; ^.'^^.^ stem) 



TO START TO GO TO A CERTAIN PLACE is expressed by means of 

 an adverb. 



go'na yeqgwagagu't when he was going to start {gona starting; 

 ye thus; qo- indefinite prefix [§ 15.6]; gu- future prefix 

 [§ 15.5]; ga- verbal prefix [§ 17.4]; gut to go) 

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