646 GRAMMAK OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



The direct question begins either with an interrogative particle of pro- 

 nominal origin or with the interrogative j'l, ha placed after another term or 

 at the end of the sentence, or with some interrogative pronoun standing at 

 the head of the sentence in one of its inflectional cases, usually the subject- 

 ive. One of the particles, tam, occurs in interrogative sentences only, but 

 there is no distinction made between particles introducing questions which 

 require affirmative replies and those which elicit negative replies. The vei'b 

 usually closes the sentence. 



Questions introduced by an interrogative particle : 



tat.4 1 gepkuapka 1 when will you come f 



tat i gdna ? tat at gdna ? where do you go f where do ye go ? 



tat4 mantch i tchi-uapk lAkiam hitchashtat ? vunipni hak waitash hoiv 



long will you stay in the chiefs house? four days only. 

 t;it gisht shnawedshash u'nk? where is that woman f (Mod.) 

 tuatala tak i letelina ! why did you not let it alone f 

 wAk 1 pii'dshit hushlta ! (Mod.) wak i gi g^n waitash ? (Kl.) how do 



you do to-day f wkk gi1 whyf 

 wdk lish i giiiga M-i nish wal%a ? ivhy donH you reply to mef 

 wakaitch nil \m nd-ulaktaki hoiv shall I decide nowf 

 wAk ma 1 or wak nen 1 ivhat did you sayf or ivhat did he say? 



Questions introduced by an interrogative pronoun : 



kanam kek f-amnashi tvhose are these beads f 



kani haitch hut gi? who is hef who is she? 



kani gen pak61esh shlin ? tvho shot this mule-deer? 



tank i mehiiish shn(')kua ? how many trout did you catch? 



tua i hiishkanka? what do you think about? 



tud 1 yewAntku ki 1 what are you filled tvith? 



waktchi n' un gitak ? what shall I do now ? 



TAm, a purely interrogative particle untranslatable in English, like 

 num or an, or tlie postpositive -ne of Latin, introduces questions when thei'e 

 is no other particle to introduce them. It frequently connects itself with 

 other particles for reinforcement, so to say, and precedes them : tamii (for 



