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Weakened by dze: 



dze aina-g'a'adESEin look well after her 191.15 



m.E dzE 'k'''e' riiE Id-k'''e'tsElt then put in the finger 195.10 



Tshushian: 



dEtn k!ul-man-gd'sEn then jump up and about! 



nllnl' dEin dzagam-hd'°tgEnga° that one call ashore! (literally, that 



is the one you will call ashore) 

 dEin e'an riE-ama-wdf Is nEgwa!°dEn promise him the wealth of your 



father 

 Weakend by dzE: 

 ada dzE wul hau'im '"''lax-U/^h''^ then say "on stone" 



Transitive verbs may form their imperatives in the same way. 

 tgonL dEin hvn'lEn do this! (literally, you will do this) 



Tsimshian: 



niE dEin laga.i--lu-daP da! u put ice on each side! 

 VIE dEin SE-wa'dit call him a name! 



More frequently the imperative of transitive verbs is expressed bj^ 

 indefinite connectives, or, when there is no nominal object, by the 

 ending l (Tsimshian -I). 



gouL Lgo'uLgun take j'^our child! 205.5 



huts Eii-d'' a' L qa-tid'oL tiak' put back from the fire some dishes 



207.2 

 sa'lEbEL steam it! 54.8. 



Tsimshian: 



imih^ di hd'°n you, on your part, try! 

 dEx-ya!°gwA aiu!°xEt hold on to the branch! 

 t!E)n-Htu'°l l<i' insut accompan}^ my son-iu-luw to tho fire! 

 man-sa' Ih'A ((.si'^nt pull up your foot! 



By far the most frequent method of expressing tho imperative is 

 by the periphrastic expression d)ii (iT would be) good (if). 

 diiiL dEin gvxt take it! 141. (> ' 



dinL dEin sE-af Lgwn let us cut wood! 63.4 

 dmL dEin de-xsan you gamble also! 29.1 

 dm lUE dsm lod'oL qal-tia' p invite the town 206.13 



Tsimshian: 



d-m inE dsni dl hdHt try it too! 



d'msE^nl m.Ekla-dri-ha'ga ii-dl-na-hEhaf gan just try my playground 

 too {drn good; -se^ii dubitative; ),ie thou; hla- just;,<^^- on (thy) 

 part; hag to taste; n- possessive; na- place; hag to taste, pla}^) 



dm dEin k' !e'°jcgEnt escape! 



dvi dzE gaPs dsp iiEgvM'^dEn go to your parents! 



