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§ 26. Connectives between Subject and Object 



In sentences with transitive verb as predicate, the subject gener- 

 ally follows the predicate and precedes the object. The connectives 

 between subject and object are in all sentences, and for both common 

 nouns and proper names, -e, -ds, -gs^ which generally agree with 

 the predicate connective. 

 A I 2. Indicative, common nouns: 



(a) (with -e) wa' i Juoia'gA ha'°SF.t the woman found the dog 

 {c) (with -(Je) dEin dza'l-dEsga <j''d>n' ikja liW^xga^ the wolf 

 will kill the dog 

 B I 2. Subjunctive, conunon nouns: 



{a) (with -7?) ada umlt gd'°dEt GunaxyiesEmg'a' dE ha- 

 hdvJ^stga then GunaxnesEmg'a'd took his knife 

 ada dlt 2oagaU-lu-yd'°l'EtgEt Asdi-ird'ldE ts.'Ein- 

 ga'inaga° then Asdi-wfi'l also followed in the path 

 {di on his part; -t he; wagalt entirely; lu- in; 

 yaPk to follow; ts.'Ein- in; gd'ina path) 

 dENit hax-gd'^dE la'msu itiA'tl my son-in-law will go 

 after mountain-goats (see § 29) 

 («) (with -dE) ada dl sa-)n'°dzE iiE-ts'a'hEm ya'tslEKjE- 

 ds 'wul I'SE-giva'idgEwl.-go'ep.'a^ but then suddenly 

 saw the animal tribe the great light rising 

 (J) (with -gA)ada lahid!°gut SE.c-dd'°dElgi(ind'll'SEtgA he- 

 SE-))iEg\i',estga° then the princess began to gather 

 her berries {hid'°gu to begin; SE,r-dd'° to gather, to 

 hold fast; Ignvxi'Il'xEt princess; iie- possessive; se- 

 to make, to gather; mEg^l' .vst berries) 

 (c) da d~h l!i-wd'7sgE nn-mES-o'lgL qal-tsla'jx/a^ then the 

 great white bear, on his part, found the town {dl- 

 on his part; Hi- on; wd to find; ?/v- great; raEs- 

 white; ol bear; <jal- empty; tslap tribe) 

 \ (c) da -^rulat y!aga-Tii<-dn'HtgE hand' na.rgE sa-pla'sEm. 



y.'u'°tagaf^ then the women accompanied the j^oung 

 man down (Tsimshian Texts, New Series, Puhllca- 

 t!o)is of the AiitevTcan Ethnological Society^ Vol. 

 Ill, 78.29; y.'aga- down; ^-.s- extreme; dUPl to 

 accompany; -t he; hand'nax^ plural, women; su- 

 newly; pfa.s to grow; -Em adjectival connective; 

 y'vPta man) 

 (c) adat und h' Una' mdEt Asdhvd'lgE go'kgE . . . then 

 Asdiwa'l gave the basket . . . {/Md., 98.17; k'/i- 

 na'm to give; -dEt connective B II 25/ gok basket) 



So far I have not been able to find examples in which proper 

 names appear as objects. 



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