608 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 40 



Nominal and adverbial attributive complements may precede or fol- 

 low the noun or verb, excepting the demonstrative pronouns ants^ ts 

 (see § 115), which are usually placed immediately before the noun. 

 Owing to the fact that all adjectives are intransitive verbs, they seldom 

 refer to the noun, and are freely movable. 



yaP^'xa^ hltc plnaHx ha} many people were sorry 15.4 



yixa'yun hltc yaP-'xcC- he saw many people 



vA'nxahi tsl'lclya tEpEni's she was very much afraid of Skunk 86.1 



tsl'lilya^x xavf si'n^xymi very much they two wanted him to die 



86.19 

 yuwa'yun yaP-'xa^ ants qIa'llthQj collected lots of that pitch 88.5, 6 

 Lxa^yaxa^'ntants psni's that other skunk 86.18, 19 

 y%kt ants hUsl'^ big (is) that house 25.2 

 hl'tcHc nict(fima^mu tE t!l a person's fashion (has) this Bear 60.26 



The same freedom of order as is exhibited by the different parts of 

 the sentence is found in the relative position of coordinate and subordi- 

 nate sentences. Subordinate clauses are usually introduced by parti- 

 cles, and they may precede or follow the principal clause. 



voa)' tcfifvoa ma^'tc ants Iqa^'^tu, H mUtca^' although in the water lay 

 those logs, still (they) burned 32.22 



nVctctm sqa^Jc Li'wat/l, wa^ ya'tsa because there he came fre- 

 quently, even for a long time 68.4, 5 



yaP-'xa^ hltc, H tsm^wa^' sqa^k^ ants ha^qa^' ants haml"tci many 

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



tE^q xawa^' pl'^tsis, H s^as IHIa'yun ha^'qyax when something 

 dies in the ocean, he eats it after it has come ashore 44.19, 20 



§ 139. IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS 



Here belongs in first place the manner of expressing comparison of 

 adjectives. The comparative degree is expressed by using the objective 

 form of the pronoun (or noun) for the compared object, which is in- 

 variably placed at the end of the sentence. In some cases the idea of 

 comparison is brought out more forcibly by the adverb jc>£?i'fc ahead, 

 FIRST, following or preceding the object. 



5^a his natc he is better than I (am) 

 na'han hl'sa n%'x°-tc I am better than 3^ou (are) 

 yxkti'l'mdn s^a^'na jpEll'tc I am taller than he (is) 

 y%kt s^apEll'tc na'tc^nl he is taller than we (are) 

 § 139 



