608 GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



relation is still ajipareiit, together with the temporal one, while in others the 

 relation is a purely temporal one. Cf. tlie verbal in -she'mi. 



tiVm watch itpa sa liu'nk lu'gs sesatui'tkuk they hroi((/ht home viany horses 



when rcturninfi from the sale of slaves, 20, 1!). 

 sha-amoksh hadaktna gend'ga kt/i-i nutola'ktcha when a relative passes 



that spot, he throivs a stone upon it, 8,5, 15. 

 lidmkankatchna genuk she said repeatedly while ivalking, 121, 19. 

 mbawa steinash nu'dshnnk (one) heart exploded while flying off, 114, 4. 

 wewanuish tchi'mma-uk tinkanka women, when playiny the tchimmd-ash 



game, run back and forth, 80, 7. Cf. also 105, 16. 



6. The verbal durative in -uta. 



This terminal is forming, when derivational, durative, usitative, and 

 instrumental verbs, Init when inflectional it fulfills one function only, and 

 remains unchanged. This function is to express an act or condition which 

 lasted or occurred while the act of the finite verb by which the verbal is 

 governed took place. Thus the ending -lita corresponds to our ivhile, or, 

 when nouns are used to render it, to our during, pending. The subject of 

 the main verb has to be identical with that of the verbal. 



tchaki hunk shuaktch6ta pan the bog cried and ate at the same time. 

 shle-iita nil niish shewant a when I find it I will give it to you. 

 kii'tagsh stiVkapksh galalincUa (him) who was gigging minnows ivhile 



skirting the ivater, 122, 6. 

 shla-6tak (for shla-6ta ak) A-ukski'sas ti'nsna at the mere sight of the 



Klaiitafh Lake Indians they fled, 19, 3. 

 yamatala genuta shushtcdshna during his journey to the north he created 



them, 103, 3. 

 geni'ita shuaktcha Shashapamtch Old Grizzly ivept while walking, 121, 18. 



Different forms of the durative verbs express exactly the same thing as 

 the verbal durative does, but have to be kept asunder grammatically, be- 

 cause the former inflect, while the latter do not. Even the present partici- 

 ples in -nk, -n have to be distinguished from the verbal, though the Modocs 

 use -I'ltan and Klamath Lakes -I'ltank as frequently as -uta, and in the same 



