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(b) ‘A’ or ‘an’ final in verbs, when they take the sign of the future 
tense or the negative adverb immediately after, and when followed by 
some conjunctions, is changed into ‘e;’ as, yuke kta, there will be some; 
mde kte sni, I will not go. 
To this there are a number of exceptions. Ba, to blame, and da, to ask or beg, are 
not changed. Some of the Mdewakaytonway say ta kta, he will die. Other dialects 
use tly kta. Ohnaka, to place any thing in, is not changed; as, “minape kin takuday 
ohnaka Ssni wauy,” I have nothing in my hand. puza, to be thirsty, remains the same; 
as, ipuza kta; ‘“‘tuwe ipuza kiyhay,” ete., “let him that is athirst come.” Some say 
ipuze kta, but it is not common. Yuha, to lift, carry, in distinction from yuha, to 
have, possess, is not changed; as, mduha Sni, I cannot lift it. 
(c) Verbs and adjectives singular ending in ‘a’ or ‘ay,’ when the con- 
nexion of the members of the sentence is close, always change it into ‘e;’ 
as, ksape ¢a waste, wise and good ; waymdake ¢a vakute, I saw and I shot it. 
(d) ‘A’ and ‘ay’ final become ‘e’ before the adverb ‘hinéa,’ the particle 
‘do,’ and ‘Sni,’ not; as, SiGe hinéa, very bad; waste kte do, it will be good; 
takuna yute Sni, he eats nothing at all. Some adverbs follow this rule; as, 
tanye hin, very well; which is sometimes contracted into tanyeh. 
But ‘a’ or ‘an’ final is always retained betore tuka, unkan, unkans§, esta, Sta, kes, 
and perhaps some others. 
(e) In the Titoyway or Teton dialect, when ‘a’ or ‘ay’ final would be 
changed into ‘e’ in Isanyati or Santee, it becomes ‘in;’ that is when fol- 
lowed by the sign of the future; as, ‘yukiy kta’ instead of ‘ yuke kta,’ ‘yin 
kta’ instead of ‘ye kta,’ ‘tin kta’ instead of ‘te kta,’ ‘éantekiyin kta,’ ete. 
Also this change takes place before some conjunctions, as, epin na wagli, J 
said and I returned. 
2. (a) Substantives ending in ‘a’ sometimes change it to ‘e’ when a 
possessive pronoun is prefixed; as, Suyka, dog; mitasunke, my dog; nita- 
Sunke, thy dog; tasunke, his dog. 
(b) So, on the other hand, ‘e’ final is changed to ‘a,’ in forming some 
proper names; as, Ptaysinta, the name given to the south end of Lake 
Traverse, from ptay and sinte. 
§ 7. 1. (@) When ‘k’ and ‘k,’ as in kin and kinhay, ka and kehan, etc., 
are preceded by a verb or adjective whose final ‘a’ or ‘an’ is changed for 
the sake of euphony into ‘e,’ the ‘k’ or ‘k’ following becomes ‘ 
yuhe éinhan, if he has, instead of yuha kinhayn; yuke Gehan, when there was, 
instead of yukay kehay. 
(b) But if the proper ending of the preceding word is ‘e,’ no such 
change takes place; as, waste kinhan, if he is good; Wakaytanka ape ka 
wastedaka wo, hope in God and love him. 
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