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yon: 



lEp-ne'E qane-hwUa gdn I am always doing this 1113- self 52.3 {Isp- 



self ; neE I; qcme-JnoUa always) 

 nhk'^e tgonL sa-ga'otl'H then she resolved this 7.5 

 gE-g'tpg'a'psL htnU daxdo'.it gov high piles these 42.10 

 igdnl hit: this he said 99.12 



(jo^: 



SErii.-l'il-s-g'a'dEiii qa-gd't dEp go'stg'e very different were the minds 

 of those 114.12 (.s/r;///- very; lik"i:t- separate; -g'at person; -ehi 

 attributive connective; qa- plural; gat mind; dEj)- plural [§ 52, d\) 



SEin-go' usk^L qe' hex as gd'stg'e really he reached a trail there 126.7 

 {sEDi- very; gux to hit; -.s^" intransitive [17.2]; qe' n ex trail) 



menL ts'EHL^'l'' gostg'e that was the master of the squirrels 212.5 

 {tn'en master; -l possessive connective; tsEnLil" squirrel) 



vn-SEin- k'.'a-ama tntd tgostg'e that was a large exceedingl}' good 

 canoe 107.5 (^M- large; sErn- very \ -?■•.'«- exceedingly; «wi, good; 

 -a connective [§ 22J; utrd canoe) 



In Tsimshian the demonstratives seem to he more numerous. 

 There are two independent forms: gun this, gwa° that. 

 (fivt : 



daP da gun°t they are here 



adat jjlld'rEdEt \Vaxa(/af°q dEp gan'^t then Waxaya'''(i told them 



Igu-sga-na'k da giol' a little after this (.s-^^^- across; nak long) 



ffwa'>: 



nin!%' ksdEind's gal-ts! Eptsla'hE gwa° those are the nine towns 



{nln.'l' this; k.sdEma's nine; g<d-t.s!a'p town) 

 G'ilkmtsld'^ntk viaP xd° gan° this slave's name was G. 

 k'a-sgo'ksEin gwa° we will stop here for a while 

 adat and'xdE dEp gina'° then these agreed 



Derived from gwa° is gwa'sga°, which always refers to absent 

 objects: 



ada al sgsr Igit-dza'g'i/ji a' itfa gEnga giva'sga^ but then the little 

 dead porcupine lay there («c/^*then; al but; Ign- little; dzag 

 dead; a' Hl(t porcupine; gEsga at [see § 28]) 

 a'lgE Jie'°tgEl wd'lbEsgE gnia' xgaga^ no house stood there 



It would seem that gioa'^ refers to locations near by, since it is 

 never used with the ending -ga; while gwa'sga designates the dis- 

 tance, and is always used with the corresponding connectives. 



Derived from guyi is also gaia!, which seems to point to the part 

 of the sentence that follows immediately; while giva° is almost 

 alwa3\s in terminal position. 

 §56 



