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conciseness, to devote a separate section to this subject. The usual 

 procedure is to introduce a conditional clause by means of the tem- 

 poral adverb ats at that time, when (see § 120), or by means of 

 either of these three related particles: tsan. lev} nats^ ants (see § 131). 



ats tE'q waxa'yExayim if something" (will) be given to him 18.5 

 tsa'ntch tu' ha si'n^xyun if you (to) buy want her 74.8 

 yaP-'xa^ liltc tEinHoa^' sqa^lc^ ayits ha^qa^' ants hand'Hcl many peo- 

 ple assemble there, when those whales come ashore 82.21, 22 

 Tcv} nats xd'wa^xaHnE if he had not been killed 29.7 



There are, however, other ways of expressing- a conditional clause 

 that are resorted to more frequently than the process just mentioned. 

 Of these, the use of the past tense as conveying conditionalit}^ is of an 

 exceedingl}^ frequent occurrence, and is due to the participial function 

 that is assigned by the Siuslaw to that tense (see § 74). In such cases 

 the conditional clause tends to precede the sentence expressing the 

 co-ordinate thought, although instances of a reversed order are b}^ no 

 means rare. The verb of the co-ordinate clause takes usually (but not 

 as a rule) the durative suffix (see § 69). 



tcnflc^nx ya'xyaxa^n liltc^ H^nx l ! loa' nlsun if somewhere you see a 



person, you will tell of it (literally, having seen . . . ) 38.12, 13 

 wa'sL^syanx taqa^'na^ H^nx tsl'Tilya qa^'xun wa'a}s if you get mad 



at anything, you very loud will always talk (literally, having 



become mad . . . ) 36.11, 12 

 Ll'wayanx inq.'a'ltc^ H^iix qjiuwi'wus whenever they came into a 



river, they would find (literally, having come . . . ) 66.21, 22 

 Lluna^'^ya^x, H s^at^'tc waa'yun when they two came together, 



then thus she said 46.7 

 inq/a'Uc hltc ta^'yax^ H yof^'xa^ sinq! if in the ocean a man lives, 



(very) much he is hungry 44.12, 13 

 tsfi'lclya his atsl'tc wa^'yax very good (it would have been) if thus 



he had said 42.13 



The conditional clause is also expressed by the use of the future 

 tense. 



sVn^xyiinE tsUlna'to xavoa'a^^ a^'stuxax it was desired (that) with 

 an arrow he (should) be killed, if he should (be a) sleep(er) 24.1 



tsrl'lclya Ms t.'a'mdins tdl'ntux very good (would it be) if our chil- 

 dren (dual inch) should come back 42.6, 7 



hawa^'tux tE tsi'Lll^ H^ns tslUa'tHux when finished will (be) these 

 arrows, then we two (incl.) will shoot 60.14 



^'^tU7ix, Hnx qnl'xHs xn%''^n%sun when (if) you will grow up, then 

 you will doit 98.10 



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