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Examples of the forms dssdA and gEsga are the following: 



HE n TxSE'ranu cIescIa da'ulda° I went out (at) some time ago 



da wi-am-ha'usgA a'uta qesqa sts!d'lga° then the porcupine 



shouted to the beaver 



The forms in dEdA and gsgA occur in the translations of the 



Gospels with great frequency; but I have not been able to find any 



examples except the one given before under A I (c). 



§ 29. Phonetic Modification of the Connectives 



1. All forms in e described in the preceding paragraphs have no 

 ending after the vowels I, m^ n, and /•. 



ada al sgE7' a'uta . . . then the porcupine lay . . . 

 adat h' Una'm nE-wunda!Hga° then he gave him tobacco 

 da wul loa'l iiE-lu'du because of what hapy)ened to my wedge 

 ada dEint qla'pEgan lEhm' gat then it will obstruct the door- 

 way {q'dpEgan to obstruct; lEkm'g doorway) 

 stu'^plEl wul t'aP na'JiSEii your wife is in the rear of the 

 house {stu'^p.'El rear of house; t.'aP to sit [singular]; 7iaks 

 wife; -En thy) 

 alat n~i go'eplat when he saw the light 



2. The endings beginning with .s- lose this sound after words with 



terminal 6-/ for instance, 



ada sE)ii-hd'°sgA sts.'d'Iga^ then the beaver was much afraid 

 {baPs afraid; ha'^sgA instead of hd'°s-.sgA) 



§ 30. Connectives of the Conjunction and 



The conjunction and, when expressed by dl or graw, takes the 

 connectives s and I, as in the Nass dialect — the former before proper 

 names, some terms of relationship, and pronouns designating per- 

 sons; the latter before common nouns. 



n/E'rEn dis n.'E'riu thou and I 



gwa° dis gwlP that one and this one 



Dzon dis Tom. 



n ^ rp^ John and Tom 



Dzon gans I am J 



On the other hand: 



gica° dll gim° that thing and this thing 



ylu'Ha dil hand'^'q 1 , 



» -/n^ 7 7 ->« the man and the woman 



y!a°ta gam nana °g\ 



§ 31. The Connective -1 



Besides its use with the conjunctions dl and gan.^ the connective -I 

 is used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences, be- 

 §§ 29-31 



