TEXTS 



NASS DIALECT 

 Txane'tkL^ sa^ his-dzo'qsL^ klopE-tkMo/Lk".^ Wl-he'lt,^ 



Every day played camping little children. Many 



q'am-k'IelL" wl-ga'n.^ Wl-lo no'oL** wl-ts!a'wut.^ Wi-d'E'xL^" 



only one great 'log. Great in hole great inside. Large 



wl-ga'n.^ Nl" hwiP^ g-its'EL-qa'6dEL" k'opE-tk-'e'Lk".'' NiLne'i." 



great tree. Then where in went little children. Then 



hwi'lpdetg'e^^ wl-qalk'si-no'om^" gun.'' NLk''et^^ lo-sI-me'LdeL^* 



their house* large through hole of 'tree. Then [in made burn they 



lak" lat.i^ NLk-'e" hux txa'xk^det^^ wi-he'lL^ ts'elo'nidet. 



fire in it. Then again they ate many their traveling 



provisions. 



Han ts'ele'niL gul-q'ane'tk"L^^ k'opE-tk*'eLk".^ La^^ nak"L^^ 



Salmon the provisions of all little children. When long 



hwi'ldet^* aL^'"' txane'tk"L^ sa,^ nLk''e^^ La^^ hux t'esL ak's 



they did so at every day, then when again large was water 



La^^ hux lo-dz6'qdet ^"^ aL^'^ wI-ts'Em-ga'n." NLk*'e" hux pta'lik's. 



when again in they camped at great in log. Then again the water 



rose. 



1 ixa- all (§ 10, no. 93); txanctk" independent form; t-connective of numerals (jS23.6). 



5 Same form in singular and plural (§41). 



3 Ms- to pretend (§ 10, no. 79) ; dsoq to camp; -s suffix (§ 17, no. fi) required ])y Ins-; l- connective of 

 predicate and subject (§ 23). 



*k'opE- small [plural] (§ 10, no. 113); tk-'lLkM children [plural]; k'opE- only in the plural; Lgo- is 

 the singular of small. 



5 wi- great (§ 10, no. 73); heU many (almost always used with the prefix ici-)- 



6 q'am- only (§ 10, no. 118); k-'H one flat thing (§ 57); L- connective of numerals. 

 ^ wi- great (§10, no. 73); gan tree, log. 



8 wl great; lo- in (verbal prefix [§ 9, no. 29] ); no'o hole; -l predicative connective. 



9 ts.'awu the inside; in combination with nouns the prefix ts'Em- is used to designate the inside 

 (§ 11, no. 152); -t probably possessively its. 



JO Wl great; d'Ex large. 



11 11- demonstrative (?); L probably connective. 



12 Verbal noun, here designating the place where something happens (§ .59). 



13 The prefix g-its'EL is not known in other combinations; ie'e (singular), qd'o (plural), to go; -det 

 3d person plural (§ 53); -l connective. 



» n- demonstrative (?); l- probably connective. This conjunction seems to appear here doubled. 



15 hwtlp house; -dct their; -g-c invisible (§20). 



16 wl- great; qalk-si- through (§ 9, no. 24); no'd hole; -m adjectival connective. 

 " WL; see note 11; k-'e then; t transitive subject, 3d person (§ 48). 



18 lo- in (§ 9, no. 29); si- to cause (§ 13, no. 1.64); inei to burn; -dct they; -L connects predicate and 

 object. 



19 Idt 3d person pronoun, oblique case (§ 54) . 



2" yd'dxku (singular), txd'oxkn (plural), to eat (intransitive verb); -det they. 



21 A compound the elements of which are not quite clear (compare txane'tku all); also qane-hiu'da 

 always (§ 10, no. 120). 



22 Particle indicating that one action is past when another sets in; also verbal noun (§ 59) . 



23 naku long, temporal and local. 



25 hwU to do; -det they. 



'5 a general preposition (§67); -l indefinite connective. 



26 lo- in; dzoq to camp; -det they. 



27 Wl- large; is! Era- inside of (§ 11, no. 152). 



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