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dagale'ga %'sin V xeti't tcH'nlgoangayas next day he had again 

 gone out shooting birds (dagal the next day; e the; -ga on; 

 i'sin again; xeti't birds; tc.'in to shoot; I euphonic [?]; -goan 

 about [§ 20.5]; -ga auxihary; -.s participle) 



la sudd'yagAui lla' isda'si he did differently from the way he had 

 said (he would do) {su stem to say; da to cause; -agAU past 

 inexperienced; -% perfect; lla' differently; is stem; -da aux- 

 iliary; -si participle) 



gana'xAn Ia su'dayagAni so he had said {gana'xAU so [from gafia'n 

 like; a;^nJUST]; sil to say; -(?a auxihary ; -ar/^Ti past inexperi- 

 enced; -i perfect) 



§ 24, SeiHi-TeniporaJ Siiffijcer^ 



Sufhxes related to temporal suffixes, but defining the nature ( r 

 time of the action more minutel3^ 

 1. -(jafif -(in, or -tn. The common continuative or perhaps rather 



habitual sufhx, similar to the English form of the verb ending 



in -iNG. 



au'h gi U xagaL.'xagi'lgAnasi he was bringing up things to his 

 mother (aii' Fi [^ao mother + -an his own]; gi to; xa- by 

 grasping [§ 14.24]; ^astem; -L.'m toward [§ 22.10]; -griZ shore- 

 ward [§ 22.9]; -si participle) 



gl'na at U nd'hgams he was playing with something (gi'na some- 

 thing; at with; nan stem to play; -as participle) 



gitgA'n Ia gagoyd'nan WAnsU'ga he called for his son, they say 

 \git son; -gAu his own; gagoy=gagoe stem [?]; -an past inex- 

 perienced i§ 23.2]; WAnsu'ga quotative) 



Sometimes this suffix takes the form -XAn or XAn. 



ga qla'oxanas the ones sitting there {ga the ones [inde&iite]; q!a 



stem TO sit; -o auxiliary [§ 18.1]; -as participle) 

 l! naxa'ndi qa'odi after they had lived there for a while (na stem 



TO live; -di determinate suffix; qa'odi after a while) 

 l! taixd'ndi qa'odi after they had remained in bed for awhile {tai 



stem TO lie; -di determinate [§ 20.7]; qa'odi after a while) 



The occasional reduplication of this process has been referred to 

 in § 6. 



§ 25. Modal Suffixes 



The following have also a modal significance : 

 1. I or /« indicating the imperative; placed before or after the verb. 

 dl Ia q.'osL let go of me with your mouth (dl me; Ia imperative; 

 q!d- with mouth; sl stem) 

 §§24,25 



