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stl'lda la let us go back {stll stem; -da auxiliary; la imperative) 

 liai Igafnai dl gA'nstA Ia M'ndA now, cousin, be my herald (hai 

 now; Igdn male cousin on father's side; ai the; dl me; gA'nstA 

 for; Ia imperative; H'nstem; -dA auxiliary [§ 18.2]) 

 gin till s^u'nan I tdd'anu ^au ista'n get only wet things for fire- 

 wood (Masset) {gin things; t'.el wet; s^un only; -an just; 

 tdd'anu firewood; ^An for; ista stem [?]; -an continuative) 



With the auxiliary ga to go, however, instead of I, -la is suflSxed 

 to the verb. 



JiAn A I' su'dagala go and speak to it like this QiAn like; a this; 



su stem; -da auxiliary; -ga auxiliary) 

 tdd'anu da'ogala go and get firewood (tdd'anu firewood; dao 



stem TO GO AND get; -ga auxiliary) 

 Ikid'gua na'galdju'gAla go and sit toward the door (IHd side 



toward door; gua toward; na'gal [?]; -dju it is of that sort; 



-gA auxiliary) 

 Lget dalA'h tciagd'nsa ga i'sgogala go to the place where you are 



going to settle (Lget where; dalA'n you [pi.]; tela stem to 



HAVE A place; -gdn continuative; -sa = san infalhble future 



[§ 23.5]; ga to; is stem; -go plural [?]; -ga auxiUary) 



2. •djafi (Masset -fctn) is employed to indicate what is usually 



denominated the first person imperative, both singular and 

 plural, let me, let us. 



ha'lA t.'alA'n tdd'anugadadjan come and let us make a fire (ha'lA 



come! V.alA'h we; tdd'anu fire; -ga -da auxiharies [§ 18.5,2])' 

 JioIa' dAh gl I gi'hgatdjah come and let me adorn you 29.2 (halA' 



come ! dA n you ; g% to or for ; 11; gi h- agent in general [ § 14.12]; 



gat stem) 

 lia'lA tIalA' h gaLgd' fii'ndjahXet us go over to look Qia'lA come! 



t.'alA'n we; gaLgd'hin [?]) 

 tlAl qasd'tdin let us go away (Masset) (HaI we; qa stem to go; 



-sa probably infalhble future [§ 23.5]) 



3. g^ifi (Masset ^au) negation, always preceded by the negative 



particle gAm. 



gAtn gl'na gut I qealgA'hgAn I saw nothing upon it (gA7n not; gl'na 

 thing; gut upon; I I; qea stem to see; I euphonic or possibly 

 up; -gAn past inexperienced) 



sgd' 7ia-qeda' s gAm Ia gut gagd'dagAhgansga the supernatural 

 beings will never know it (sgd'na qeda's supernatural beings 

 [see § 23.4]; gAin not; gut upon; gagdda [?]; -gan = -gah con- 

 tinuative [§ 24.1]; -sga future [§ 23.4]) 



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