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V qd'idagAn tadd'oagai si'lga a she started off, while those who 

 were after salmon were away (she started) {qd to go; -id incho- 

 ative; -gAU past inexperienced; tadd'oagai they were after 

 salmon; si'lga while [literally, in the place]; a for qd'idagAn) 



V qaL.'xa'yagAii td'hai dji'ngi a she came out of the woods, near 

 the sea-water (she came out) (5a stem; -i/xa toward; -;j/a per- 

 fect; -agAU past inexperienced; td'hai the sea; djin near; gi at; 

 a for qaL.'xa'yagAn) 



la gAU l! d'xAnagid'lagani la Lga da'ogai a they came near her, 

 those that came after her (came near her) (gAU for; d'xAua stem 

 TO COME near; -gidl to come to be; -agan past inexperienced; 

 -i perfect; Lga after; dao to come to get; gai the or those; a 

 for d'xAnagid'lagani) 



Occasionally a is omitted. 



gien I a gd'itq'.d'isgitlasi sin zgu Id'na e'sin and he threw it up hard 

 into the air, the sun also {gien and; gdit hard or quickly; qldi- 

 classifier; sgitstem; -^up; -asi participle; sin sun; zgu indeed; 

 Id'na that one; e'sih also) 



ga'iLuhao l! laga'yan WAnsu'ga gd'lai Ld'alge'ilsi lu at that time 

 they went off in a crowd, at the end of ten days (literally, 

 nights) (ga'iLuhao at that time; laga stem [?]; -ya perfect; -an 

 continuative; WAnsu'ga quotative; gdl night; ai the; Ld'al ten; 

 ge'il to become; -si participle; lu when) 



When the subject and object of the verb are nouns, the former 

 precedes; when they are pronouns, the order is reversed. A third 

 pronominal object is followed b}' one of the connectives, and is placed 

 before the other personal pronouns. When nouns and pronouns are 

 both used as subjects or objects, the pronouns usually stand nearest 

 to the verb, and exceptions to this are usually for emphasis: 



zan dAh I qi'hga I cease to see thee 31.5 (Lan to stop; dAu thee; 



/ I; gin to see; -ga declarative or auxiliary [?]) 

 la i'sin la'ga-qd'gas he, too, went to him {i'sin too; ga to; qd stem 



to go; -ga auxiliary; -s participle) 

 dalA'h L.'a l! tA'lgi Id'gasga jon, however, will be better than 



the others {dalA' h you [pi.]; z'.a however; tA'lgi more than; Id 



good; -^fa auxiliary; -sgra future) 



I have noted above, that a connective depending upon a verb may 

 stand at the very beginning of the sentence, the noun to which it 

 refers being either understood or expressed in the preceding clause. 



Adjectives, connectives, and possessives used like connectives, 

 always follow the nouns to which they refer. When several adjec- 



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