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Tsimshian: 



ada dEYii k ! ul-iiian-gd' seu then you will jump up and about ZE 



790.15 {k/id- about; man- up; gos to jump) 

 gwa'i dsm ha'un this will you say ZE 790.15 



dams dETYi ksE-hJ^ I sl'°hEt then shove out the bone! {hie thou 

 [subj.]; IsE- out; ld° to shove; sl^h bone) 

 I iiia'lE dEmt lEgu!°lardEt she told she would burn it 



§ 60. Use of Subjunctive in the Negative 



The negative conjunction w?^v* (Tsimshian: algs), and that used in 

 interrogative-negative sentences iie (Tsimshian: al), are followed by 

 the subjunctive or by the connective -I 



ntg'tt inafEiiL dEin sqa-idt Idt 107.1 it did not let go what went 



across the wa}" of it {md'fEu to let go; sqa- across; id to go; lot 



to it) 

 nLJv'et mg'U da-a' <iLh^det they do not reach it 139.2 

 ntgin dErn de-go'ut I will not take it 

 neiL ad'^a'dtk'sdedaf are they not coming? 

 ne mEssnt hwa'daf didn't you lind it? 106.7 

 Tsimshian: 



In the Tsimshian dialect the negative is generally used with the 

 connectiv^e -?, as described in § 31; the first person singular fol- 

 lowing the negative is -l. (See § 51.) 



digs n dEvi k.'tnd'mt al hanaPg I shall not give it to the woman 

 oIlgE di t!d'°xlgEtga° it is not difficult 

 a wul a'lgE di t wida'il dEin dax-yd'^gul am'''stga° because he did 



not know how to hold on to the branch {widd'l to know; dax- 



yd'^g to hold; anl!°8 branch) 

 dlgE di hasd'gai I do not wish (to do so) 

 a'lgEt Tiisagd'HgEtgA sts/d'lga" the beaver did not mind it 



{rdsagd'Hg to mind; stsldl beaver) 

 Negative-interrogative sentences : 

 al si'°pgEdi gugA handf°xga°f is not this woman sick ? 

 al m.E undd'idut in-v3uld'gun? don't you know who has done this 



to you ? 



§ 61. The Subjunctive after Conjunct ions 



nLk'^et g'a'ah hivil leba'yukh qe'vmn 103.5 then he saw the gulls 

 fly {g'a'a to see; leba'yuk to fl}^ [plural]; qe'wun gull) 



h'''et go'uL wohd'st then he takes a string 217.1: 



w6aLk'''et lo-d' Ejp-f eMo! a.Lsaant then he breaks it down in it 217.8 

 {Id- in; d''Ep- down; f eMo! aLsaan to break) 



tse n dEm suwdnt I may cure her 123.7 



dot hwtld'gut when he has done this to him 217.6 



§§60,61 



