558 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



Many of the conjunctions are unaccented, and these raay be used pro- 

 clitically as well as enclitically. Some conjunctions also have adverbial 

 functions. 



Details of the functional peculiarities of the conjunctions are reserved 

 for the Syntax. The alphabetic list now following only quotes the principal 

 conjunctions and their suffixed forms, without mentioning all of the com- 

 pound ones, as atgnen just now, as alleged, and readers are referred to the 

 examples given in the Dictionary. 



LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL CONJUNCTIONS. 



a, the declarative particle. 



a, -a; see ha. 



a, abbr from at, q. v. 



ak, ak a, aka, ka, kam, ak ya, suppositive and potential, optative par- 

 ticles: "perhaps, possibly, likely." 



ak appended to verbals in -slit and other verbal forms; e. g., pa'ksht 

 ak as soon as or after it is dried. 



am; see kam, litch. 



dmpka, dmka (1) or; the Latin vel; (2) lest, unless, or else. 



at, abbr a, a, at the time; now, just now, then, at that time. Coalesces 

 with some words and grammatic forms, as in belat for pi'la at, 

 illolat for illola at, gu't^Ukt for gutxitko at, 112, 9 Composes.- 

 at a, atenen, atch, Atui. 



Atiii, Kl. at yu, atin, adverb, interjection, and conjunction, just now, 

 just then. Cf getui as to the ending. 



gintak, generally postpositive, thereupon, hereafter ; though, in spite of. 



ha, ha, a, -h, interrogative particle, mostly postpositive ; la'k, Mod. for 

 le \\k ak ? is it perhaps so f 



hai, a-i, a-i; in Mod. also kai, xiii, with suffix: haftch apparetitly, evi- 

 dently, as you see, as I see or hear, of course. Cf. Dictionary. 



ha, ha', he if, when, supposing that; enlarged: hii'tch, hii'ts. Its correla- 

 tive is tcha', tche : ha tchii, if. then. 



humasht, d. humamasht, adverb and conjunction, so, thus; humasht 

 gi'ug hence, on that account, therefore; humasht .shahunk giug for 

 the same reason, and other combinations. Cf. Dictionary 



