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This particle occurs frequently with the transitional suffix -lye 

 (see § 35). 



M'nl (Ml'ye mandj kIwaPnt there, indeed, already he felt it 

 32.16, 17 



22. httc indicates surprise. The native Coos is unable to render it. 



Its meaning was deduced from the sense of the sentences in 

 which it occurred. 



he^hats da' mil h'Uo'wU tsxH kite Isn heni'k'^ndtc suddenly a man 

 she saw lying with her elder sister 50.22, 23 

 . md hem'tsei kite a person was laid bare 58.22 



§ 91. JParticles Denoting the Conditional 



23. UL WOULD, SHOULD. It puts the sentence in which it occurs in 



a potential mode. It may either precede or follow the verb to 

 which it belongs. 



leaf e' jnfisen qalitnl'ye ul wu'txe ter^ d'la in five days, if should 



return my child 12.22, 23 

 Z«" UL T^k'ild'wit ali'canl H men (I) should be the one to see them 



play, if— 92.16 

 nk'i'LoHs UL I should find it if — 

 xtal'tcuL how would it be if — 5.2 (contracted from xtci'tcu-\-UL/ 



see § 9). 



24. yUL IF — SHOULD, IF — WOULD. It gives the sentence a conditional 



tinge. It occurs usually in the subordinate sentence whenever 

 UL has been used in the co-ordinate sentence, although it is fre- 

 quently used independently of ul. It always precedes the verb. 



xtd'tcuL yuL is so^titd'nl how would it be if we two should trade? 



15.6 

 yuL kimna'e^wat la^ In ul aiai^wd'yu Ie Wine if she had seen it, 



they not would have been killed, the children 58.10, 11 

 Ie'yI yuL T^nLi'me good (would it be) if I should have a fish-trap 



34.19 



25. yanL if expresses the conditional in the present or future tense. 



It usually precedes the verb, and it is used in subordinate sen- 

 tences in apposition to hauL. It also occurs independently of 

 hanL. Since the native Coos does not distinguish between the 

 conditional present and future tenses, yaiiL is used to express 

 also the present conditional. 



il nl hanL Icwina'll^ yauL i^c^a'lctet they will not see me, if I [will] 

 work 128.23, 24 



§ 91 



