390 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Use of the objective: 



Most of the objective pronouns of the Nass dialect are .identical 

 with those of Tsimshian. The only exceptions are the first person 

 singular, which in the Nass dialect is always -Ie^ and the third person 

 plural, which is -det. 



Examples of the third person plural are the following-: 



SEin-n-haxha'ffasJi'^detg'e they were much troubled 195.14 



alayuioa' tdet they made noise 173.1-t 



tqal-l(i''k'det gl deph iin-sgan?'.^t they readied (against at) the foot 



of the mountain 120.6 

 hux he-yukt ox'det they began to throw again K>!>.15 

 hvn'lpdet their house 102.3 



The objective pronoun is used in the same way as in the Tsimshian 

 dialect. 



{a) Subject of the intransitive verb (see § 50, a). 



tvl'g'ide halai'deE I am not a shaman 128.0 {nlyi not; de on my 

 part; halai't shaman) 



dEm le'tsxan 3"ou will count 129.9 {dEm future; letsx to count) 



hagim-ie'et he went in the direction (toward it) 129.14 



dE7n de-ba'gain we, on our part, shall try 114. 1(> {Ixtg to trv) 



viEn-Lo'ondm we go up 42.8 



g'ilQ dze hux hwi'lsEtn do not do so also 98.4 {g'^'Io' do not; dzr- 

 conditional; hux also, again; hvnl to do; -sevi ye) 



La SEm-dEx-g'ig' a' tdet they had become very strong 98.13 {ui past; 

 SEm very; dEx- strong; g'at person; -det they) 

 (?>) Object of the transitive verb (see p. 389). 

 (c) Subject of transitive verb, indicative with third person object. 



d.Ein lEp-liwa' yimL dEm rm! edi we ourselves will find our bait 56.6 

 id) Periphrastic conjugation, 



dEiii na'kskue ne'En. I shall marry thee 203.9 



La l%l'sg'a't''EnEn 7ieE thou hast taken notice of me 15S.1 



sak'^sta' qsdet ne' En qans ne'E they have deserted thee and me 157.10 



dE>n hwa'leE nt eh I shall carr}' thee 74.1 

 {e) Possessive pronoun. 



an-qala! ga'eE my phiyground 79.1 



ts.'a'he my people 192.2 



uEg iva' odETi thy father 133.2 



Lgd'xiLgxin \hy child 205.5 



oiah'st his wife 133.1 



La dEiii g'e' ibEm, what was to have been our food 122.9 



qa-tn Ein-d' qsE'm your mouths 84. 10 



qa-ts'Em-a'qdet their mouths 84.13 

 §63 



