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hats serves to introduce a new idea. It was conventionally rendered 

 by JUST, although it hardly conveys the idea expressed by our 

 English word. 



Lqa'at % tofwafletc Icwi'nait. Hats hwa miHa Ie wafwa % la^ xai'la 

 he opened his mouth, as into the fire he looked. Just like a 

 liver the little girl as she became warm 108.24:, 25 



afyu I'nuwl tdUl'yat Ke tdwdl. Hats yi'qax qa'qal Ie steal surely, 

 she built a big fire. Just right away fell asleep the bear 

 100.27, 28 



hats . . . hats is usually rendered by as soon as. Hats prefixed 

 to the adverb yu very forms a new adverb, hats^yu^ which was 

 invariably rendered by always (see § 105). 



tso indicates a syntactic division with ar continuation of the same 

 thought. It was translated by now. 



'''' harivi! Lan m'h'in 'Q,wild'^' waf'' wandj L.'d'xETnlE hu^'mik'. Tso 

 d'yu tsd'yux^ ml'h'e sqats " (please) for wood I will look," thus 

 said the old woman. Now, surely, a small basket she took 102.3, 

 4,^8 



mitsisl'ya lal hu^'mik' Iex swal^ tso aso' sqats hoi hu^'imk: Iex swal 

 knew that old woman the bear, now again he seized that old 

 woman, the bear 102.21, 22 



tso eHHtafmi tso hanh eHlx when I tell you, then you shall look 

 (literally, now I tell it to you, now shall you look) 17.2, 3 



§ 111. Interjections 



a'nta look, behold! It is always placed at the beginning of the 

 sentence. 



a'nta te^ tl'ye mi'laq look! here (are) your arrows! 22.28 

 d'nta Jc'Uo'wUe behold, see it! 94.25 



td'% the greeting formula of the Coos. It was rendered by halloo. 



td'l sla' halloo, cousin! 44.3 



toll UEX of la halloo, my child! 28.21 



§ 112. Miscellaneous Particles 

 %n NOT, a particle of negation. The particle of affirmation is En, This 

 is, however, rarely used, being supplanted by the syntactic par- 

 ticle U SURELY (see p. 388). 



m Jc'VloHs he did not find it 22.18, 19 



Hx In kwad'nlya they two did not know it 22.9, 10 



(See also § 9.) 

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