412 GKAMMAH OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



It will be seen that these two parallel inflections of the verbal (-ash, -ish) 

 coincide almost entirely as to their function or signification in the oblique 

 cases, and materially differ only in the subjective case. At any rate, the 

 difference in the oblique cases is too slight to be kept up by the natives, 

 and thus they use only one form for the oblique cases, which is formed 

 either from -ash or from -ish, but more conmionly from the latter. When 

 the suffixes are appended to vowels contraction usually takes place, as shle'sh 

 for shle-ash and for shld-ish. 



Subjoined are a few examples of verbs standing in the subjedwe case 

 of the verbal indefinite: («) intransitive verbs, then (h) transitive verbs, in 

 the active and passive voice. 



(rt) maklaks k'witchta ke-ish, or ge'sh, the Indians refused to go, 34, 9; 36, 

 14. Cf 165, 9. 

 kiuks ka-i shanil-uli gempelish the conjurer did not want to return, 34, 8. 

 tunepni nutish having kindled fire fire times, 70, 3. 

 kii'shgug gu'tgapelish for being unable to climb back, 95, 6. 

 sha nanuk shiiku'lki-uapk kshi'ulxish they will all assemble to dance, 

 140, 3. 

 (b) nu k'lewi shishvi'kash, shu-utank(a)sh shana-uli / quit fighting (and) 

 tvish to parley, 14, 1. 2. 

 nii'paks nu shatashtat^i'sh the disease I am removing from my mouth, 



153; 4. 

 Mo'dokui ktaktanapatko shitko shl^-ish the Modocs look sleepy ; lit. "the 



Modocs sleepy-alike to be seen", 91, 7. Cf 73, 6. 

 pu'ks 6nions=shitko shleash camass is like onions to look at, 148, 13. Cf 



113, 17. 

 snaw(^dsh kiuksam sinks (for sliiukish) the tvoman killed by the conjurer, 



69, 2. 

 wiulagalam shapiyash upon the message sent by the antelopes, 122, 10. 

 wiudsish k'laka the beaten one died; lit. "he died after having been 



beaten", 134, 10. 

 kii-i huki' tsutish gintak gi in spite of being doctored she gets worse, 68, 7. 

 ndani Boshtin hikiam ne-ulkiash three contracts having been made by the 

 American Government, 36, 14. 



