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§ 53. Temporal Particles 



ittaq a long time ago (South Gr. itsaq). 



ippassaq yesterday (M. ikpektgiapk). 



ULLutne to-day. 



qilatnik soon (M. kpillamik). 



stoma last year (literallj^, the one just before). 



hiijorna hereafter (M. kinunoepagun). 



qaya when (in the preterite). 



qaqoijo when (in the future). 



qa! qutiyxit at times, from time to time 

 aqayo to-morrow. 



§ 54. Particles for Expressing Question and Answer 



aap yes (M. ih). 



naaxa no, no (M. tchuUop^ diunak; West coast of Hudson hay naaga). 



naaniih no (there is no; it is not there). 



na"'k where 1 ,,, , . , , 



(M. tc/iupavit, tclvmna). 



sooq why 



soar una certainly. 



fnassatne certainly, indeed. 



ilii^nut indeed, I do not lie. 



itntnaqa perhaps (M. tabliw, West coast of Hudson bay iluukuni). 



asukiah I do not know, maybe. 



tdssaqa I hardly believe. 



at is it, do you (M. tutchayotin am comprends-tu?). 



qa'noq how (M. naw-kut^ naw-nmc^ kpano-kpano). 



i'laa isn't it so? 



qujanaq thanks (M. kpoyanapa). 



DERIVATIVE SUFFIXES (§§ 55-60) 



§ 55. General Characteristics of Suffixes 



In the Eskimo language suffixes (and infixes) are used to an extent 

 quite unknown to European languages.^ It has been shown in the 

 preceding chapters that all the grammatical and syntactical ideas 

 of our languages are expressed by this means, and that these forms 

 differentiated into a highly elaborate system. Besides this, many 

 concepts that enrich the subject-matter of our sentences, and which 



1 Thalbitzer II. 50-62. 



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