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Tils good 38.21 



na I 21.8 



ants that there 7.1 



Wslnxan Tnt&l'^ good (was) our 

 (excl.) house 100.13 



na'mHlnxan tE^q our (excl.) rela- 

 tive 102.5 



tll'yW' lakwa'TcW^n a'ntsin matH' 

 (a) bear caught that there my 

 elder brother 58.18 



Nominal possessive suffixes are added to verbal stems in many cases 

 when the object stands in some possessive relation to the subject of 

 the sentence (see § 33). Siuslaw uses for that purpose the verbal set 

 of possessive suffixes (see table on p. 546) ; and, since the pronouns in- 

 dicating the subject of the action are added to particles and attributive 

 elements preceding the verb (see § 26), these suffixes occur mostly in 

 terminal position. 



a^q- to leave 



hau- to become 

 yoP-'xa^ much 8.5 

 his well 38.21 

 waa'- to speak 7.1 

 yaP-'xa^ much, many 8.5 



Lxu'is dry 60.19 



ta^'Tc^ns aya'qaHl ts m/xa} here we 



two (incl.) shall leave our canoe 



56.5 

 ha^'nanx ha^'tuxaHl ha} different 



will become thy mind 60.14 

 B^a'tsan H^n 2/a'aja*?5iAaHhat'swhy 



I (know) much (in) my mind 20.9 

 ts^'lilyanxan lil'sitl ha} we (excl.) 



are very glad 24.5, 6 

 atsl'tc^nx wa'a^sltl tsi'mqma thus 



you shall tell your people 78. 10 

 H^nx yoP-'xaHc ll'tla^ they have 



much food (literally, and they 



much their food) 80.17 

 Lxu'lstc^nx ants Ifl'a} dry (is) that 



their salmon 80.17, 18 



The possessive suffixes are sometimes added to the verbal stem, es- 

 pecially the suffix for the third person singular. 



xwl'L/tux he will return 



waa^' he says 8.9 



l!xux^- reduplicated form of 



lIxu- to know 40.16 

 88 



n'nxltx ants t/mnc xvyChltuxtc he 

 wanted his boy to come back (lit- 

 erally, he desired his, that boy, 

 shall come back, his) 42.5, 6 



Tcumi'ntc wa'a^tc ants qasLl'u not 

 she said (to) that her husband 



ley} lIxu'xHg ha} not he knew his 

 mind 58.4 



