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4. I- or It- indicates repetition of an action or a plurality of objects 



acted upon. 



yAX JiAS aya'oUdJAq yutd'n thus they killed off the sea-lions (a- 



indeiinite pronoun; ya- [§ 15.3]; o- [§ 17.2]; dJAq to kill; yu- 



demonstrative ; tan sea-lion) 

 ayu^ aolixa'c then he let it float along (ayu' there; a- indefinite 



prefix; o- li- verbal prefixes [§ 17.2]; xac stem) 

 xatc qawage' Asiyu' aca'oUMJc it was full of eyes (xatc this; qa- 



man; wage' eye; Asiyu' [§ 18.1]; a- demonstrative; ca- = cu- 

 ll 15.1] ;'o- [§ 17.2]; M- stem) 

 an qadji'n aoUze'lc^ he shook hands with those things in his hands 



(dii with it; qadjin man's hand; a- indefinite pronoun; o- verbal 



prefix [§ 17.2]) 

 xd'yi ydJcq!'^ ayA'x aoliq.Wnq! he made the enemy's canoes upset 



by quarreling (xd enemy; -yi possessive sufilx; ydk^ canoe; 



-g.'" collective; d'yAX like that; a indefinite pronoun; o- li- 



verbal prefixes [§ 17.2]; qlAii stem; -q! suffix [§ 19.5]) 



5. L- or Lt- is used in contradistinction to the above when the action 



takes place once, or is thought of at one particular moment. 



aositl'n cdWA't yuadlgl'ga cwu'Lixac (when he was going around 

 the lake), he saw one woman floating there (a- indefinite pro- 

 noun; o-si-[ § 17.2; § 18.1]; tin to see; mw^'^ woman; yuadlgl'ga 

 there; c- reflexive; wu- [§ 15.4]; xac to float) 



dekl'na M'ni qo'a ivuLiu'k far out its water, however, boiled 

 {dekl'na far out; hln water; -i possessive suffix; qo'a however; 

 wu- Li- verbal prefijces [§ 15.4]; Ulc stem) 



yen caoLitsi's there he stopped 



6. d^t- conveys tlie idea of the attainment of a state not hitherto 



enjoyed, and is best translated by the words to come to be. 



ayA'xawe duyA'tqli qodziti' this is why his children came to be 



born (a- that; yAX like; awe it is; du- his; yAt child; -q!i 



collective; qo- indefinite [§ 15.6]; ti to be) 

 cIcA a'odziku' yuxd't qoa'nitc wusne'xe afterward he came to know 



that the salmon people had saved him; a- indefinite pronoun; 



0- verbal prefix [§ 17.2]; hu to know; yu- demonstrative; 



xdt salmon; qoa7i people; -tc intensive; wu-s- [§ 15.4; § 18.1]) 

 tc.'u tddli^ llngi't tin Jca'odjite yue'q a long time ago there came to 



be copper among the Indians {llngt't Indians; tin with; ka-o- 



[§ 15.2; § 17.2]; )/«.- demonstrative ; eg copper) 

 wd'sa iya'odudziqa' , Axyl'tl what did they come to say to you, 



my son? {wd'sa what; i you; ya- verbal prefix [§ 15.3]; o-du- 



[§ 17.2,3]; qa to say; ax my; ylt son) 



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