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§ 33, Interjections 



The following is a list of interjections, or words of inter jectional 

 nature : 



a-i ah! or oh my! 



dija no ! 



d'digua just hear! (an angry exclamation used by old people) 



ana yes! 



^ don't! 



I (disgust) dirty! etc. 



lUe'i indeed! or is that so? or why! don't you know? 



wa or lengthened into wd-d-d pretty, nice! 



yu'ya a feminine exclamation of terror 



yula'dAl an exclamation used by the Ninstints people when they 



hear news, regardless of its quality 

 liai now! 

 Tiawl't quick! 



lid'maya horrors ! (a very strong expression) 

 Tiadjadl'a alas! 

 ha'Jcu now! 



halA' come! The Ninstints sometimes use zin instead of this. 

 TiuJc or lengthened into hu'huJcuJcuJc look out! also the cry raised 



when rushing on an enemy. It always indicates danger. 

 djd say ! well ! 

 tlaganl' lo! surprising! 

 ga'o ano or go'ano no! 

 gu'gus t.'agane' wonderful! or surprising! 

 Ic.'wai pray! wait! hold on! 



q!a pretty or nice (a Kaigani exclamation particularly) 

 qld'la Idjd'xAn an obsolete expression, used only by chiefs, and 



indicative of intense anger 

 na here! say! 



Lan or ha'osLan enough! stop! (identical with the adverb ran) 

 L.'na would that! 



§ 34. Syntax 



The verb almost always stands at the end of the sentence or clause ; 

 but where the speaker wishes to supplement some thought to what 

 he has just said, he may do so by introducing the essential part of it, 

 and adding a, which stands for the verb and modifiers just given. 



WAgand'xAn la isda'yagAn uAn djd'adas a she did it that way, 

 the woman (did it that way) {wAgahd'xAn that way [=wa-\- 

 gaila'n +XAn]; isda stem; -ya perfect; -agAn past inexperi- 

 enced; UAfi the [with -si; djd' da woman; a for isda'yagAn) 

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