GOO GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



clause belong'ing to the past tense, this clause is expressed by the verbal in 

 -uish, then often equivalent to one of our substantives. 



maklaksh ka-i kopa tii'sh p'nalani kii-i gi'wish the Indians did not think 



th(d the// did wrong then, 38, 17, Mod. 

 at gatpanipelan shapiya (sha) maklaksam hemkankuish after they had 



returned, they reported what had been said by the Indians, 40, 6. 

 Dr. Thomas shapiya p'ntl shenolakuish Dr. Thomas informed (him) tvhat 



he had agreed upon, or of his compact, 41, 13. 



2. When the verbal in -uish does not form the object or complement 

 of the finite verb in the sentence, it may stand as introducing a causal, 

 temporal, or other circumstance belonging to the statement, and has usually 

 to be rendered in English by an incident clause, not by a substantive. In 

 many instances, this incident clause contains a pluperfect, and the verbal is 

 accompanied by: at or some other temporal particle. 



tapitan gakiuluish at, hiimoasha hu'nk after they had gone (underground), 

 she called (the children). Mod. 



humasht-ak i ts6kuapk klakui'sh guit nii'sh you shall perish In the same 

 manner as I have perished, 64, 15. 



shiiina sha k'lekuish tutiks m'nalam when he had expired, they sang what 

 each had dreamed, 65, 20. 



klekuish at, snawedsh gi tvhen he had died, the woman said. 



tankt shu'ldsham genuish maklaks shuenka hu'nk finally, after the sol- 

 diers had retreated, the Indians killed the (wounded) ones, 38, 2. 



kilKlga koltam gc;nuish after the otter has left, dust is rising, 166; 24. 



•wi'wal'hag ktanhuish shutuyakiea ankutka the young antelopes homharded 

 (her) with sticks, after she had fallen asleep, 122, 3. 



u'nagin shasli genuish hu'ksha gatpa long after their departure (from tlie 

 cave), they reached (Old Crane's home), 122, 16. 



5. The verbal causative in -uga. 



The suffix -uga, -oga is one of factitive verbs, and implies localiziition 

 (1) within, or (2) on the surface of some object. But when -uga is used for 

 inflectional purpo.ses, its function becomes an abstract one. It assumes the 



