652 (IIIAMMAK OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



uk liiiitch mish nxi u'n sha-amakpakta I how can I call you one of iiii/ 



relatives f (Mod.) 

 wakaitcli ? wakii'tch ! why then f tu'sh haitch ? tvhcre thenf 



111<tt, abbr. via, -m. This particle serves to partly supply the want 

 of special grammatic forms for the indirect mode of speech, or oratio ohUqua, 

 by which sentences or speeches pronounced by others are referred to or 

 reproduced by the relator. The adverbial particle mat refers only to facts, 

 acts, events, occurrences to be spoken of, or to the condition or state 

 observed upon somebody or something. It makes no difference whether 

 the events occurred long ago or recently, or whether they took place at 

 home or in foreign parts, provided the one speaking relates them from 

 hearsay. Mythic stories usually begin with mat, ma, which occupies the 

 second place in the sentence, and refers to the whole story. It corresponds 

 nearest to our alleged by, as they say, as reported, etc., and to the Latin aiunt, 

 ferunt, dicunt, tit fertur, etc. Verbs of saying, telling, etc., are usually 

 omitted, for mat supplies their function, or directly supplants them, as in 

 the sentence below: tch^ mat Im'k. The form niut, 190; 19, is the oral 

 particle mat with u, hu infixed, wliicli points to elevation or distance. 



h^mtchnam : "sxotk'ish!" they shouted: "cross me over!^'' (-m abbre- 

 viated from mat). Mod. 



liii'nk ka-i mat pi'sli siukat I did not kill him, as aliened, (i4, 5. 



kapaltch' a, ma, ka-i tvi'sli kt'luipktak slitina'shtat kanam "gather 

 stalks r the story says, "and do not go to anybody's lodge any- 

 where" (Mod.) 



'Kmiikamtch mat kiiila slu'ita Kmukamtch created the tvorld, ice are told. 



sluie'tchna mat sha, shnena mat sha luloks they are said to have gone 

 from place to place gambling and making camp-fires ; Mod.; cf. 99, 2. 



Skji'lamtch mat tchia shet%t'-unalt% Tchashgayaks Old Marten, they say, 

 was the elder brother of Little Weasel, 1 09, 2. 



tua ma I ivhat is it? 



tumgna nu mashish pil mat pA-ula I hear that the patient has at last been 

 eating, 140, 7. 



tche mat liu'k thus lie said, as reported (Mod.). 



