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§ 27. Possessive Connectives 



The possessive connectives differ in indicative and subjunctive 

 sentences, and it seems that the complete series must be as follows: 



I have not been able to get examples of the whole series. 



A I. (a) Indefinite connective -e 



nl'ufi' uE-uxi'IhE SEm^d'g'U this is the house of the chief 

 {h) Present connective -cIe 



nE-iiiElE-lIl-tjId'Hsxan nE-ga-is.'uwa'ldE Jui'°sEt the fingers 

 of the dog were six on each (paw) {^e- past; vieIe- each; 

 I ft- on; q /alt ^ix\ -s,('a?i long; ^^£- possessive; ^r/- plural; 

 ts.'uiva'l finger; Jta's dog) 

 (c) Absent connective -<je 



gu'gA dzo'gat gssgs qal-ts!a'pgE nE-ica'lptga° who lived in 

 the houses of the town {gu who; dzog to camp; gssgs 

 from a in [see § 28]; qal-ts/a'h town; wdlb house) 



B I. (h) Present connective -sdE 



ada UE wul nl° nE-wd'lbsdE y/u'Ha then T saw the house of 

 the man {nE I; vi'^ to see; wdlb house; ylu'H man) 

 (c) Absent connective -sgE 



ada wul gwa'hgsgE np-wd'lhsgE y/W'ta then the house of 

 the man was burnt 



B II. i^dH dE/jif m-na'ksgA Igu'HgEs Gau'of who will marry Gauo's 

 daughter? (iid*^ who; dEin future; fin- he who; nalsg to 

 many; IguHg child) 

 tm-n!~i' nE-ligi-wd'ls 7iEgtod'°dE)iga° all the wealth of thy 

 i2ii\\ev {txa-n!l' 2i\\\ ns- possessiv^e; ligi-wd'l v^&2\i\i\nE- 

 gwd'°d father; -7i th}^) 



§ 28. Prepositional Connectives 



The general preposition a, which has been described in the Nass 

 dialect (§ 23.7), occurs apparently alone in Tsimshian; but it seems 

 more likeh' that the a without connective must be considered as a 

 special form for aE (see § 29). With connectives we find both the 

 indicative and subjunctive forms. 

 §§27,28 



