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. . . gAm Ia su'udagATiAsi (he) had not told him 27.6 {su to say; 



-da auxiliary; -si participle) 

 gAm V ^d'ndAffanani he did not feel it (Masse t) (^^mnot; %ndAn 



stem [?]; -an past inexperienced [§ 23.2]; -i perfect [§ 25.6]) 

 gAm la ga l! gl'da^anganan they did not give him food (Masset) 



(gAm not; ga indefinite things [food]; gida stem to give 



food; -^arlcontinuative; -a?i past inexperienced) 



4. -KdJOf contracted sometimes to -uSf marks interrogation, and, 

 like the two sufhxes last mentioned, is always preceded by a 

 particle (gua or gu) or by an interrogative pronoun. 



djd Tci'lsLasi gasi'nhao d.Ah gea'ga isu'udjan say, chief, what has 

 happened to your brother-in-law? {djd say! M'lszasi chief 

 [whose voice is obeyed]; gasi'n what? Tiao general demon- 

 strative; dAh your; qea brother-in-law; -ga possessive; is 

 stem; -{/.'uf^ja = udja interrogative sufRx ; -a/1 continuative) 



axada'i gua ga gAltlaLsgd'udja were the meshes of the net pulled 

 off? {axada'i the net; gua interrogative particle; ga indefinite 

 plural subject of verb, and agent of pulling; gAl- by pulling 

 [§ 14.20]; t'.a- classifier [§ 15.4]; l stem; -sgd seaward [§ 22.8]) 



gasi'riL.'ao Ia dAn i'sta-udjan why did you tease her? {gasi'nL'.ao 

 why? dAh you; ista stem [?]; -an continuative) 



gasi'nLlao I la dAn qo' yadaLdjuudjin why do you love it so much? 

 {gasi'nL'.ao why? I [?]; dAh you; qo'ya stem to love; -da 

 auxiliary [§ 18.2]; Ldju[1]; -uc^j'i interrogative ; -n continuative) 



Gua (Masset gu) or the pronoun may, however, be employed 

 independently. 



da gua sHd'nadi are you awake ? {da you ; sMd'na stem [ ?] ; -di 



determinate suffix [§ 20.7]) 

 gAm gua qleigA'ha gAn dalA'ri u'nsAAtgan don't you know any 



stories? {gAm. not; qleigA'ha stories; gAn for [always precedes 



u'nsAAt]; dalA'n you (pi.); u'nsAAt stem to know; -gan 



continuative) 

 dAn gu l! I'n^etudja were you married ? (Masset) {dAh yow, l! they 



[used in lieu of passive]; m to marry; ^et principal stem) 

 da gu SLA'gu tl'a-udja did you kill a land-otter? (Masset) {da you; 



SLA'gu land-otter; tia stem to kill) 

 gl'sto e'djin who are you? {gl'sto who? e'djisievo. to be) 

 gasi'nLlao dAnl'djin what is the matter with you? {gasi'uLlao 



what? dAh you; %'dji stem to be; -n continuative) 

 gu'su l! %' hlxagidas td'asan what will the chiefs eat? {gu'su what? 



l! indefinite demonstrative; %'Llxagidas chiefs; id stem to eat; 



-asan future infallible occurrence and continuative) 

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