408 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



The negative imperative is expressed by g'ilo'. 



g'%l<y ! nExna'yitg'e ah ts ! Em-hwi' Ip don't! the}' might hear you in 



the house 91.10. 

 g'ilo' niE dzE sEin sqa-y& xkH don't pass in front of it 107.3 

 g'ild'L SExsd'mExsEmES don't keep your mouths closed 84.5 



§ 66. Subordinating Conjunctions 



The use of the temporal particles and of the negative as subordinat- 

 ing conjunctions has been described before (§§ 59 et seq.). It remains 

 to enumerate a few of the other important conjunctions. 



1. Je''e then; generally' in connection with the demonstrative n- 



vLk'''e a! WtkskH then he came 



h'''e doqL atina'sL qaq then he took the skins of ravens 39.2 



UL dEVfi h'''e iriE-txe'ldiL smax' then burn the meat 213.1 



2. da when. 



da La woqsL g'a'tg'e when the man is buried 218.4 



3. dzE {tsE) weakens statements. 



nLk'''e g't'daxL SEiii'a'g'tt tsE hwU wttkH then the chief asked 



where it might come from 183.13 

 ntg'U hwUdx's Wig'a't tss hwUd'Ep-a'xk^L' not knew Giant where 



he came down 15.1 

 nLk'''e woxiva' xdet a tse hwU TivA'Il elx then they wondered at 



where was the seal 42.6 

 dp tsE no'ot^ tsE mie'tk^L ak's ai ha'nt lest he die, if his belly should 



be full of water 73.7 



The use of dzE with imperatives has been explained before. 



4. tsEda {d^E da) when, if. 



tsEda hasa'xL haldafug'U dEmt dzah^L SEl-g'a'tt, k'-e, when a witch 



desires to kill a fellow-man, then 217.1 

 tsEda hux Jiioi'lsE, nLk'''e^ when 1 do it again, then 165.12 

 tsle'ne ndt^ tsEda lie' En enter, my dear, if it is you! 39.13 



5. op tsE else, lest. 



dp tsE nd'o'sE else I might die 74.4 



k'''e 8ETfn-ia' hk^L lax-o' l Id' dp; dp tsE g''utg''wdf6tk^L sdk' qan-hwilt 

 34.9 then the top of the stone was very slippery; lest the olachen 

 might be lost was the reason of his doing so {sEin- very; iciLk^ 

 slippery; lax-d' top; Id'dp stone; g^wddtk^ to be lost; sak' 

 olachen) 



6. ts'6 although. 



ts'dt hux hwtld'x't although he knows it 

 .§66 



