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viinip shulsheshlank they play the stick-game with four sticks, 79, 2. 

 tamadsank tt'was they fasten the net on the bow, 149, 22. 

 na'sh kailatoks tchpi'nualank they bury at one place only, 88, 1. 

 tsiii mantsak nibusii'lank or mbiisaiau gi and he lived for a while with 

 (her), 77, 2. 



This same tense-form in -nk, -n occurs sometimes in sentences wliich 

 contain no usitative verb; still, a finite verb is expressed by it, and the sen- 

 tence is often of an imperative or jussive character: 



tchuleksh ish tchil^yank! give me a piece of meat! 



nush tua tchileyank i! give me something (soft or flexible)! 



knii'ksh ish n^yank! give me some thread! 



Other instances will be found under Participles ; see below. 



C. — The simultaneous tense-form is employed to show that an act was 

 performed or a state existed just then, right then and there, at the time referred 

 to, either simultaneously with another act or state mentioned, or following 

 this act in immediate succession. It is marked by placing the emphasis 

 upon the last syllable of the verb; the verb is then frequently accompanied 

 by particles specifying the time. Whether, in oxytonizing these verbs, the 

 declarative particle ha, a has coalesced with the terminal -a or not depends 

 on the contents of the phrase or sentence; cf Note to 54, 9. This accent- 

 uation is not peculiar to any tense, and may be also due to other causes to 

 be specified below. 



a. Following are some instances which refer to a present tense: 



tsiii huk k'leka tawi'sh then the bewitched one dies, 62, 3; cf QQ, 1. 



kt-i-a a nen she lies when saying this, 64, 4. 



pitchka a hSloks the fire is out, or has gone out. 



saka a po'ks then they eat camass raw, 74, 5. 



ka-i spuni vushuk they do not give (her), being afraid (of him), 93, 1. 



The class of verbs mentioned on page 239 often or iisually bears the 

 accent on the last syllable, because they suggest an immediate or simulta- 

 neous act. 



