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A II 2. Transitive verb, indicative, proper names: 

 (c) Absent connective -s 



da nl'sdzES Astiwd'l wul ho'ltgE . . . then Astiwa'l 

 saw that it was full {n'l to see; fioltg full) 



B I 1. Intransitive verbs, subjunctive, common nouns: 

 {a) Indetinite connective -e 



adat in' wul gatg<y'd!EksA t.'Epxadu'Hda y!u'°ta then 



they saw two men coming {ada then; t- he [subj.]; 



go'iHEhs [plural gatgo lt!El's\ to come; t.'Ep.rada'H 



two persons; y.'u°t man) 

 a wul hasd'gA sts.'Cd because the beaver desired (//.^/ia'^ 



to desire; sts.'dl beaver) 

 {b) Present connective -ds 



dzE ha'usdE sEi)i''d'g'lt a kid' I if the chief says to me 



(«?££ conditional; Arf'w to say ; sEiinbd'g'itQ}a\^i\ a to; 



hld'i me) 

 asl dd'uhdE t''in-gd'°t<dA na'Lssn he who took your 



wife has just left {asl just; da'ul to leave; t he; m- 



who; </d° to take; naks wife; -e/i thy) 

 (c) Absent connective -sgE 



ada wul i.ral-id'^sgE hd'^^xgEga^ then his fear increased 



{txal-id'° to increase; haPsg fear) 

 wul lu-la' jmjE afksga" where the water is deep {lu- in; 



lap deep; als water) 

 nllnl'gan ha'usgE sts fa' lga° therefore the beaver said 



{ri.'itn' it is that; gan reason) 



B 1 1. Transitive verbs, subjunctive, common nouns: 

 («) Indefinite connective -e 



adandEin sad/l-t/u'^sA nE-galdE)a-(t'ksgu I shall sud- 

 denly push over on it my bucket {n I; dEiii future 

 sa- suddenly; Ifl- on; t/u°s to push; he- possessive; 

 galdEtn- receptacle; aks water; -u my) 

 adac lu-,rha-(j!asgC/dzE nE-ga-ts.'Elts.'a'lsgE hd'°xga° 

 then he cut (in) across the faces of the geese {t he; 

 In- in; xha- across; gods^ with plu. obj. qfas'godz 

 to cut; 7iE- possessive; ga- plural; ts.'al^ distribu- 

 tive plural ts.'Eltsfa'l face; hd°x goose) 

 (Ji) Present connective -sdE 



. . . fin gd'^sds yia'ksEu he who took thy wife 

 (c) Absent connective -sgE 



adat gE'vEd-ExsgE Jiand'°xga° then he asked the woman 



{t he; gE'rEdEg to ask; hand'^g woman) 

 dat vnd su'^sgE mad' uyulkga^ then he shook the rope 

 {su to shake; rnad'wulk rope) 



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