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dd'nxua agA'n I skia'gaLgAn I jvimped into the stern {da'nxua 

 stern; a^^'n reflexive; 11; sHa'^a stem [ ?] ; -x aboard [§ 22.12]) 



See the use of this suffix in the text on pp. 105-109, Bulletin 29. 



2. -ag^n (Masset -an or -g(in) past events known to the speaker 



only by report. 



V dja'ga I a gl' a-inxayagAn his wife left something for him {djd wife ; 



-ga possessive; gl'a-inxa [?]; -i perfect [§ 23.7]) 

 la V sd'wagAn she spoke to him (sdw=su to speak) 

 Ia la I'nagealagAn he married her {Ina stem; -geal to come to 



[§ 18.10]) 

 UAn I'lina Tiao sqafhadax'idagAn a man began to set deadfalls 95.1 



(vi^n a; I'lina man; sqd'ba deadfall ; -da to make; -x'id to begin) 

 Lue' tdastA'nsanan the canoe had four men (Masset) {lu canoe; 



e the; tela- people in canoe; stA'nsaFi four) 

 See the use of this suffix in the text on pp. 33-35, Bulletin 29. 

 Before WAusu'ga, the quotative in the Skidegate dialect, this suffix 



takes the form -ah. 



A'hga Ia sqotsJcidd' nan WAnsu'ga he struck his canoe with his 

 hands, they say 29.22 {A'hga his own; sqot with arms [§14.29]; 

 8kld contact; -dh continuative; WAnsu'ga quotative) 



gltgA'n gAn Ia gagoyd'nah WAnsu'ga he was calling for his son, 

 they say {git son; -gAh his own [§ 28.3]; gAn for; gago [?]; -i 

 perfect; -ah continuative; WAUsu'ga quotative) 



la e'sin qa'idah WAnsu'ga he also started off, the^^say {e'sin also; 

 qa stem; -id inchoative [§ 18.6]; WAnsu'ga quotative) 



Ia la qd'gAndagan WAnsu'ga she saved him, they say {qd'gAn to 

 save; -da to cause [§ 18.2]; WAnsu'ga quotative) 



3. -gin events that occur or occurred habitually, and usually those 



which the speaker himself has experienced or is experiencing. 



d'thao gAm "Dd'gal" Jiau l! su'gAngAngin therefore they were 

 not in the habit of saying " to-morrow " 35.4 {d'thao therefore; 

 gAm not; dd'gal to-morrow; ^^n hke it; su stem; -gAfi nega- 

 tion [§ 25.3]; -gAh continuative) 



gAga'nhao Ia wd'gAfiglniihsit is the reason why I do so {gaga'nhao 

 that is why {=gaga'n + Tiao\; IaI; wd stem to do; -gAU con- 

 tinuative; -gln = -g%nus\i&iv7e; -^ perfect [§ 25.6]) 



^a'ulI wa^a %'sl I nilgl'ni I used to drink the water that was in it 

 (Masset) {^AnL water; e the; wa it; ^a in; i'si was; I I; nil 

 stem TO drink; -i perfect [§ 25.6]) 



ga dl Voa'gagini I used to be afraid of it (Masset) {ga something 

 indefinite; dll', ^^oa stem; -gra auxihary [§ 18.5]; 4 perfect) 

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