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Furthermore, several of these forms occur contracted with demon- 

 strative d and g; as — 



dsda (/^{/^ 



dEsda yF.sga 



I A. {a) Indefinite a 



kla-d'm a txa-nlU gd'° it is better than all things {k!a 



exceedingl}"; dm good; txa-n!l! all; gd° something) 

 da ^ihs-he'HgE a'uta a nE-dzoga-a' Ji><Et then the porcupine 

 stood at the edge of the water {da then; uls- toward 

 water; he°tg to stand; a'uta porcupine; tie- possessive; 

 dzog edge; aks water) 



(b) Present da 



lEp-lgasgE'rEsgE stsfd'ldA lax-a'ksEt the beaver himself 

 was happy in the water {Iej)- self; IgusgE'rEsg happy; 

 stsfdl beaver; lax- surface; aks water) 



(c) Absent gA 



ho'ltgE hA'ntgEgA a'ksga° his belly was full of water {hdltg 

 full; Iau belly; -t his; gsgA from gA; aks water) 

 1 B. («) Indefinite a 



la hax-a'xlgEt a uE-iniyd'n rvi-sa' mEnga° he came up to the 

 foot of the great spruce tree (Z« past; hax- up; axig 

 arrive; nE- possessive; miyd'n foot of tree; wi- great; 

 sa'niEn spruce) 

 {})) Present asda 



adaal l!l-q!an-dd!ulda° a'sdE nE-ts!uwd'n sga7ie'°stga° hni 

 he has gone over the top of the mountain {al but; l!l- 

 on; (//an- over \ ^«'<^Ho leave; ?j^- possessive; ts.'uwd'n 

 top; sgane'°st mountain) 

 (c) Absent r;sga 



ada hd' mgA a' uta asgA sts!d!lga^ then said the porcupine 

 to the beaver 

 II. (rt) Indefinite as 



ada ha'ut na'kst as ne'^t then his wife said to him 

 (J) Present dEs 



dn.-yaJt Astiwd'l dEs nEgiM''^tga° said Astiwa'l to his father 

 (c) Absent gEs 



da'wida ha'usgA a'uta gES nl'°tga° then the porcupine said 

 to him 



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