FUTURE TENSES. 587 



The various future tenses designated by -uapka and -tak are as follows: 



A. — The future simple, pointing to the occurrence of an act at a future 

 epoch more or less remote. Temporal particles serve often to specify the 

 time, tchek being one of the most frequent among them; cf 59, 17. 



medshampeli-uapk nu I shall remove to the former place again. 



nad ke'ksh vutukuapka we ivill club him. 



undsii' ni ne-ulakuapk some time hence T shall arraign (her), 65, 1. 



tdnkt ni shii'gsuapk this time I will speak out my mind, (i5, 3; cf 59, 17. 



kawalia'kuapk sii'-ug helieving they would ascend, 29, 15. 



niish nu shpuhiktak I shall lock you up, 36, 3. Mod. 



tidsh hunk gi'uapk he will act rightly, 59, 21; cf 22. 



wakak hunk tchiuapk? hoiv will they livef 105, 8. 



The particle hunk, usually met with some preterit tense, accompanies 

 the future in the two last examples. 



B. — The anterior future, Lat futurum exactum, indicates the completion 

 of an action or state before another Avill take place at a time to come. 



tua ni shutil'-uapk shiugok? what would I have profited if I had killed 



him'? 64, 12; cf 13. 

 hii i mbusealp'luapk, spiilhi-uapka m'sli ni if you live with her again, I 



shall imprison you, 60, 21. 

 hii i paltak (for palla tak), spulhitak sha nush un if you steal, they will 



lock you up. Mod.; cf. 39, 21. 



C. — The form -uapka also serves to designate acts or states which had 

 to be performed or undergone at a time known to be past when made men- 

 tion of. We circumscribe this by had to he done, had to occur, was or were 

 to do, etc. 



tsui tchi'k sa wdltakuapk and afterward they were to deliberate (again), 



65, 15. 

 hi'-itak tchui tchi'-uapk here he was going to stay, 95, 6. 

 huk ku'raeti kektchanuapka they were to he withdrawn from the cave, 



42, 21. Mod. 



