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nin.'l' iinlim'lh givai na-tgl-da! ul those were the houses that had 



come down 

 nEgioa'^dE Igua'mlgE gioa'it Ha'U.'Ena'ftEt the father of the boy 



was that Ha'tslEna'sEt 



Possibly these two demonstratives are related to g^i^ which appears 

 often with the function of a relative pronoun, but .seems to be a 

 demonstrative of another class. These appear to be made up of 

 the demonstratives d and f/, which have been treated in § 20, and the 

 two vowels -^ and -fi. I have not succeeded, however, in gaining- a 

 clear understanding of these forms. I have found the series 



-u -da -gu 



of which I shall give examples: 



-I: 



ttn'^SEnl this one hit thee 



rdn.'l' b/a'IxtE gnm° i^E-wd'tEiiii ye'Hda° this is the star that we 



call ijH 

 k'^du'°)iE//ii those around us 



gal-ts.'a'hE t.'l'°hE7u la gu ginn° this is the town of the sea-lions 

 ada he'ldE vxt'ldl a gira'^ much did this one here 

 vn-^gane'°xtE hr'HgEdl a .st.'u'°p!EH a large mountain stands 



here behind the house 



-it 



nE-hd'°du hand'°g this woman has been running 

 nE-ha'°du awafn. the one near thee has ])een I'unning 



-du 



nm!l! gal-tx.'Epts.'a'hE dit gwaP those are tlie towns 

 du,na°idEni dEdu'°l.^EdEl . . . who will live then^ ZE 792^^" 

 gCi'^ da gan laf°ntln you were angry for something of the kind. 



-Oil 



gu na-di-g'ig'/'iiE.rgA nE-ga-nlU!°tgEin those were the ones 

 pra3^ed to by our grandfathers 



da'-yagA sEni(i'g-Uga° gags g'a'mgEm dzl'%LsdEga° thus said the 

 chief, that sun 



triE'rlat in-k' !%ll" Una! m ya'tsIssgE da hfwan^ ga ld'°v)\da 

 wutiiia'yin I am the one who gave you the animals that you 

 always found {t he; he' via I; in nomen actoris; h'ftnd'ni to 

 give; ya'ts.'Esg animals; da to; h!vxm you [dative]; Id'ioula 

 alwaj^s; vjd to tind) 



Among the.demonstratives may also be enumerated the element n-^ 

 which, in the Nass dialect, forms the common conjunction n-k'\ and 



§56 



