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Kwa'g'iil, show that the endings -g'a, -ox, -e, and -da are not necessa- 

 rily subjective. There are also indications that originall}^ -da was not 

 so exclusively prenominal as we find it now. This is indicated par- 

 ticularly in its use with the independent demonstrative g'a, yu, he, and 

 the interrogative ^wl when. These often take the ending -da either 

 by itself or in connection with possessive pronouns : g-a'da, yu'da, he' da, 

 ^wl'de; and he'd.En g-ok^ that is my house (see § 55). On the other 

 hand, -x is used to introduce appositions and temporal determinations 

 (see § 61). In the form yixa it may take the place of the subject, a 

 construction which is used frequently in the dialect of Newettee: 

 g'a'xe, yixa hEgwd'nEin he came, that man. In the Awi'k'!enox" 

 dialect of Rivers inlet it is suffixed in the same manner to the subject 

 as well as to the object. 



Id'He yd'x'HdEla g'o'Jculayaxai the people felt bad (guYhda tribe; 

 -xai' those) 



On the other hand, it does not seem probable that this dialect 

 should have retained older forms, since it shows consitlerable phonetic 

 decay in other directions. 



§ Si). Vocalic funl Corisonaittic Prcnotnirial Fortns- 



It was mentioned in § 49 that the prenominal demonstrative occurs 

 in two forms, as vocalic and consonantic. The latter is used in three 

 cases : 



1. Before proper names. 



Id'Hae yd'gleg'aHe Ts.'dqama^e then Tslaqame^ spoke 193.26 

 a^yi'lkwds TH'sEmg'ite the attendants of TIe'sEmg'it 222.30 



2, When a noun is used {a) in a general sense, or (Jb) when the 

 existence of an object is doubtful. 



(a): 



he' Em wa'ldEins hEgwa'uEm that is the word of mankind 



g'o'Jcwas g'l'g'igama^ya a house fit for chiefs 



la^iiiEn wuLd'xg'a hEgwd'nEink' I ask the men in present 



existence 

 Q>): 



a'ldso^we lae'sasa ts.'e'daq mussels are searched for by the 



women 

 sslc'd' LEULax gwo^yi'mlaxa I shall harpoon a whale, if there 



is one {-lax uncertainty [ § 28, no. 105]). 



On the other hand, we have la^niEn ssk'd'xa gwo^yi'm i harpooned 

 a whale, because the whale, after having been harpooned, is definite. 



§ 59 



