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§ 24. Conjunctions 



The conjunction used between nouns and coordinate clauses is 

 qa and; while antithesis is expressed by q^o'a, which more closely 

 approaches English however in its use than but. Conjunctions 

 employed to introduce sentences are, for the most part, compounded 

 of post-positions and demonstratives : 



adA'xayu or aclA'xawe and then (compounded of a; dAX from; 



a, and yu or we) 

 Atxawe' afterwards (from a; t to; x from; a; and we) 

 ayA'xawe on account of which (from a; yAX like; a; and we) 

 tduLe' , evidently then, consists of two adverbial particles, tc!u 



and Le ! 

 wananl'sawe by and by (probabl}^ compounded from some verb) 

 Atcawe' contains the intensive suffix tc. 



Subordinate clauses, when not turned into participles or infinitives, 

 are connected to the principal verb by awe' or ayu' , which also occur 

 in conjunction with the participial suffix -i, and often with ga-, na-, 

 or -n. 



VOCABULARY (§§ 25-28) 



Stems are almost invariably monosyllabic, and consist usually of a 

 consonant followed by a vowel; or a consonant, vowel, and conso- 

 nant. Occasionally, however, we find single vowels; a vowel fol- 

 lowed by a consonant; or a vowel, consonant, and vowel. Two con- 

 sonants never occur together in the same syllable unless one is an 

 agglutinated affix. 



§ 25. Nominal Stems 



Following is a list of several simple nominal stems: 



a lake ta stone 



an town tan sea-lion 



as! tree tat night 



axa' paddle nu fort 



Ic father naA't clothing 



yalc^ canoe nuk!^ shells 



yak mussel tcune't bow 



yao herring tsa seal 



yAxHc sea-otter tsesJc!^ owl 



yek supernatural helper s.'ax^ hat 



yU son sU spruce 



dd's.'a snare cAt wife 



dis moon can old person 



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