348 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Tsimshian: 



dzak dead dza'kdu 1 kill 



hu to wait hu'°dut I wait for him 



gap to take ga'°du I take 



11. -7na may be, perhaps (Tsimshian: -ma). 



Ug'1-gula' EldEina Loqs may be three months 170.13 

 no'H-maE maybe he is dead 182.8 

 8i' EgmnaneE maybe I am sick. , 



Tsimshian : 



I nlhvi' gwai kl^mZi^matga^ this is what they ma}^ ask 



§ IH. PronoTviifial Suffioces 



The group of suffixes treated in the yjreceding section are followed 

 by the pronominal suffixes, which will be described fully in §§ 50-51, and 

 § 53. For the sake of completeness I give here a list of the suffixed 

 pronouns: 



Nass. Tsimshian. 



First person singular -eE -u, -I 



First person plural -ni -m 



Second person singular -n -n 



Second person plural -sEin -SE?yi 



Third person -t 



Third person plural -det 



■t 



§ 19. Modal Sa0xes foUoivlng the Prouo^niiial Suffixes 



12. -g'e might (Tsimshian: 'g't"n, -gau). The position of this 



suffix seems to vary. 

 nExna'yitg'e they might hear it 91.10 

 si'epk^g'insE I might be sick 

 gwa'tstg'e it might be dung 207.7 

 Tsimshian: 



naha'ung't°n maybe it is true 



naha'unguna niaxno'yu it may be that it is true what I have 



heard 

 n t!u'nsE7ig'i°n (take care!) I might hit you! 



13. -sE»n, evidently (Tsimshian). 

 nlini' Et-SE^n evidently it is he 

 HE Ie gwa'lgE8E°n evidently there has been a fire 



14. -sEn indeed! (Tsimshian). 



n!in%' Et-SEii indeed! it is he 

 7uiha'unsE7i indeed! it is true 

 §§ 18, 19 



