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15. -gat it is said (Tsirashian: -g(it). 



sg'l'-gaL ama xpe'is there was a good box, it is said 19.4 {sg'l 



to lie; am good; -a connective; gcpeis box) 

 h'"^ ax-a! m-gaL fEin-qe'st his head was good before, it is said 32.8 



{k'''ax- before; am good; fEm-qe's head) 

 tgon-gah dEin hiot'lEni dEm ald'tk^-gat nom this, we are told, we 



shall do, we are told we shall swim in a shoal 70.6 {tgon this; 



dEm future; hvnl to do; -Em we; ald'ik'^ to swim in a shoal; 



nom we) 

 dEin snwa'nt-gaL Lgo'uhkH he says he will cure his child 123.10 



{suwa'n to cure; Lgo'iihl'^ child) 

 rie-gat-g'i dl ganx'-g'eipt he says he does not like to eat it 40.6 



{ne-g'i not; di on his part; gvnx'- expert; g'e2p to eat some- 

 thing) 



Tsimshian : 



I sl'EpgE-gat I hear he is sick 



§ 20. Denionstrative Suffixes 



There are two suffixes which are generally attached to the last word 

 of a clause, and which indicate distance and presence in space and 

 time. They are quite distinct from the demonstrative pronouns, and 

 determine the demonstrative character of the whole sentence. These 

 elements are much simpler in the Nass dialect than in Tsimshian, and 

 their general discussion in the latter dialect will be given in §§ 24-31. 

 In Nass we find: 



-g'e absence and distance: 



nlk'''e a'lg'ixtg'e then he said 53.1 (referring to one who is absent 



and to an event of the past) 

 nik'^e Id-ya'ltk'^L g'a'tg'e then the man returned 113.3 

 yu'kdeh ga'ng'e La dza'pdet they took the sticks they had made 



114.7 {yuk to take; gaoi stick; dzap to make) 

 hao'ng'e iiakH da yu'ksa before long it was evening 152.14 {ha(7n 



it is soon: nak'^ long; yu'ksa evening) 



'St presence and nearness: 



dEm q^aiyt'm, o'k'sde hawt'lElst my arrow will drop near by 19.15 

 {dsm future; q\d near: -Em connective [see § 22]; ok's to 

 drop; ham' I arrow) 

 tgoTiL gdiitst this I guess 28.2 

 SEtn-ho'daast it is true 29.13 

 txe'ldssEmEst ye will burn 215.10 

 nddida dEm d'd^ik'sdEst when will he come? 



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