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qaHc^nt cmts Kite waha' that man went again 19.5 

 IcHnTcya'waxan waha' wax I will look again 56.20 

 Hwan waha'ha^n qa'mskHc finally again (said) to him his younger 



brother 56.20, 21 

 Hn humi'ntc xwI'lHux wa'Hux I will not go back again 46.8 

 waha^' xcHna^' ants ya^'k'^s again climb up those seals 62.10 



ItyaX" indicates short duration of action. It always occurs in 

 verbal form (see § 135), and is best rendered by a while. 



ll'yaxEm qa'q^'nEm! listen a while 1 



ll'yax^xyaxan a^'sisyax I slept a while 



llyaxa'waxan a^sa'wax I intend to sleep a while 27.5, 6 



§ i;37. ^articles Denoting Degrees of Certaifity and 

 JEmotional States 



a'ckfalt indicates a supposition on the part of the speaker, and is 

 best rendered by perhaps, (I) thought. It consists of two etymologi- 

 cally obscure stems, a'ckia and IL The subjective pronouns, when 

 added to this particle, are always suffixed to the initial element, and 

 never to IL It is invariably placed at the beginning of the sentence. 



a'cklanl li xau' (I) thought you (had) died 68.14, 15 



a'cklali atsl'to xwlhfa'wax ants tla'mclns (I) thought thus were 



going to return our (dual, incl.) boys 42.9, 10 

 a'cklali qa't&nt he went (away) perhaps 



ha'nhan emphasizes a statement as having actually occurred. 

 Hence it is rendered by indeed, to be sure. It precedes the verb. 



H whn ha'nhan s^atsa'tx hltcuf'^ now, indeed, thus people play 7.4 

 H wan ha'nhan hlu'vmnx hltsi'sto finally, sure enough, they were 

 coming to different houses 30.6 



lianhl "kind of," like, has a double function. When used with 

 verbs, it implies that the action is not intimatelj^ known to the speaker. 

 When referring to nouns (objects), it expresses a comparison between 

 the defined noun and one alread}^ known to the speaker. It always 

 precedes the noun or verb. 



hank! taktc ha^ he is in a way glad (literally, "kind of" some- 

 where his mind?) 70.15 

 hank! wi'nxHx ha^ he is rather afraid 



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