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hcmilL and mlL are contracted with the periphrastic han into ham/lLan 

 and miLan^ adding to the particle a future significance. 



hamiLan nzHHc let me go out 28.26 



hamlLan ra'h'in nwilo^wat let me look for wood 102.3 



miLan e^muxtttsaf mi permit me to feel of you 72. IT 



28. hwts LET us TWO. This particle is composed of the particle ^" 



PERHAPS and of the inclusive form of the personal pronoun is 

 WE TWO, Its function is that of an imperative for the inclusive. 

 The verb, which it always precedes, takes the imperative suffixes. 



lewis Lxa'tE let us two chop wood 26.15, 16 



kvns tsE'mtitsE tE tahoflik' let us two loosen that quiver 122.27 



29. kwtn LET us (all) exercises the function of the imperative for 



the first person plural. The first component is, beyond doubt, 

 the particle k^ perhaps. The second element can be no other 

 than the personal pronoun for the first person plural lin. The 

 contraction of Jc^ + lin into kioin may have been effected by the 

 analogy of k^ + is into kvns. 



kwin Le tsxe^wE let us kill him quickly 68.3 

 Icunn sqa'tsE let us seize it 



§ 93, Particles Denoting Emphasis 



30. 7ieK By its means the Coos emphasizes any part of speech. It 



usually precedes the word to be emphasized. 



he^ yu xtcafyux^ 7nd a very insignificant man (literally, emphasis, 



very small man) 42.6 

 he* xoL %'la Lowi'tat xa'°"patc she first ran into the water 56.9 

 he* (M Tcwe^k'lfye surely, indeed, it was a girl 12.1, 2 



Whenever he* precedes the conjunction hats, it forms a new particle, 

 which is rendered by suddenly. 



he*hats md Tc'ilo'wit suddenly a person she saw 54.2 

 he*hats L.'no'^'tat Ie tdi'lE suddenly came open the door 62.5 



31. Jie^kivatn exceedingly (like the English colloquial awfully). 



This particle consists of the following three independent and 

 separable components: Ae% Jcwa, and In. Literally translated, 

 the particle means verily, it seems not. Since the phrase is 

 used as a sort of an exclamation with an interrogative character, 

 it may best be compared to our English exclamation isn't this 

 a fine day! which really means this is a fine day. 



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