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Tsimshian : 



SEm-lu-dza'ga gd'H very downcast (literally, very dead in heart) 

 SEm-lu-xa' xst to weep bitterly 



ada sEmi tgu-da' pt then he measured exactly' around it ZE 784®° 

 oiE-sEm-SE'rElg exactly the middle 



169. 7ii*x also, again (Tsimshian: gik). 



hux a'd'tk'sk'^L yu'ksa evening came again 142. S {a'd''7l"sk^ to 



come; yu'ksa evening) 

 hux de-fEin-id't he also, on his part, went down to the middle 



of the house 142.11 

 hux det g\i'nat he also, on his part', demanded it 143.1 

 k'et hux g'inaJint then he gave it again 139.6 

 hux k'''a'lL g'at another man 108.1 

 Tsimshian : 



lai g'ik t.'a'lE nE-inEs-a' use lEmkdi'°dEt a ts!a'ltga° when his 



sister again put on her paint on her face ZE 795^*" {niEs-a'us 



ochre; lEmkdl'°d sister; ts!al face) 

 adat g'ik wula! UIe g'a'd then the people knew it again ZE 795^®* 

 ada g'ikt wula' I dsm hatla'xgE then they knew again that it 



would be bad ZE 796^88 



The following four particles serve to express future, present, past, 

 and continuation. Their syntactic use will be discussed in § 59. 

 Here I give only a few examples illustrating their use with the verb. 



170. dEm future (Tsimshian: clEni). 



dEm id'neE ah awa'an I go to th}'^ proximity 196.12 



dEm g'a'an you will see 80.2 



n dEin swant I shall cure her 123.7 



dEmt mu'kdeh txox' they were going to catch halibut 43.6 

 In the following examples dEjn is nominal: 



nig'idi d'd^tk'sk'^L dEin rtiEsa'x' not had come the future day- 

 light 11.10 



dEm. lEp-hva' ytmL dsm na'Em we ourselves will find our future 

 bait 56.6 ijEp- self; hiva to find; nax bait) 

 Tsimshian: 



dEint dzd'hs txanfi' gaP he was about to make everything 



n dEm k!a-txal-wd'n I shall overtake jo\x soon 



ada dEmt sE-ma'xsE gCi'^t then it will make things grow 



171. 7/ (fi'f 7 present (Tsimshian: wul). 



txane'tk'^L kwU seso'sl klopE-ts'd'dts all the small birds 124.11 

 naxna's T^htk' hwtl ddh hana'q Ts'ak' heard (about) a woman 

 being there 126.2 {naxna'x to hear; d''a to sit; hana'q woman) 

 -t hivtl lo-ha'qt at his touching into it 203.6 

 §15 



