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the third person dual -a^x (see § 24) to one of the subjects, using the 

 other in its absolutive form. The noun taking the pronominal suffix 

 occurs invariably in its discriminative form (see § 111). It is not abso- 

 lutely necessary that these two subjects should follow each other in 

 immediate succession. 



s^a'tsatG nictcima^mu Ie squma' wa'nwits Iqlal'oa'ma^x thus was 

 long ago the custom of pelican and sea-gull (literally, thus his 

 custom, [of] this pelican long ago, [of] sea-gull, [of] them two) 

 48.4, 6 



qwo'txa} tsimU'a'wa^x ta^ beaver and muskrat lived 48.6 



8^at8l'tc^ax halk! 7)id'q^L.tE uma'll^ax thus is told the story of 

 Crow and Thunder (literally, thus their two, story, Crow [of] 

 this [and] this Thunder [of them two] 38.18 



qlutci'l'md ItElcHca' ntd^ax ta^ ti'mwa an old woman and her grand- 

 child lived together (literall}'^, old woman, her grandchild, they 

 two, lived together) 96.15 



Ha^x stltn qa'txast ants tExmu'in qayu'tc^tc^ax they two there 

 commenced to cry that man and his wife (literall}^, they two, 

 there, commenced to cry, that man, his wife, they two) 68.17, 18 



Lxa^yaxa^'ni ants pEni's tsl'lc/ya^x xau' si'n^xyun ants plnast (he 

 and) that other skunk very much they two wanted (that) that 

 sick man (should) die 86.18, 19 



An idiomatic expression of irregular occurrence is the formation of 

 the imperative mode of a verb that is preceded by the stem hau- to 

 STOP. Such a phrase consists of the imperative form of the verb to 

 STOP followed by the demonstrative pronoun s^a, and of the past tense 

 of the verbal stem that expresses the prohibited action. 



Jia'um s^anx qd'txyax quit crying! (literally, stop, this one you 



[who] has been crying) 

 ha'um s^anx tsl'hlyax stop shooting! 

 ha'um s^anx qd'hxyax stop counting! 



The verb expressing the prohibited action may sometimes occur 

 without the suffix for the past tense. 



ha'umatd, s^a't&i waana'wa stop talking to one another! 

 ha'um s^anx c^xvfyun ts Ted' tan stop scaring these horses! 



As the last instance of idiomatic phraseology may be mentioned the 

 use of the durative as a negative imperative, a use that has been fully 

 discussed in §§ 40, 60, and 61. 



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