SYNTACTIC EXAMPLES. 691 



kuyuni;'iwlit;it liu ti'dsh get utchin hi muddy iiudrr }ici-Jishlii(j is profit- 



able. (M.) 

 kiii'm tchuka shatma they call the fish to swim vp-streani, 1 35, 4. Cf. 



also 107, 2. 113, 1. 



(b). The verbal indefinite : 

 uk ha pena gishalsh in this manner he treated (me); lit. "that is how his 



handling was." (M.) 

 Yamakni tii'm ynlui lnel61ish ki the northern Indians (habitually) killed 



many buffaloes. (M.) 

 tAnkak na-entk sunditka pa-ulash ge'-ii I ate (of it) last iveek. 

 wak lish hu shle'sh ki? how does this lookf (M.) 

 kG'shga ml slik'-ish hunkelani I coidd not see him or her. (M.) 

 shuliank^sln'tko shle'sh kish shana-uli he tvai/ts to look alike. (M.) 

 tua i shanahuli shiyutash'? for what will you barter thisf (M.) 



((■■). The verbal causative : 

 ko-isht'wa niish nu shlc^-uga / avi. ylud lo see you. 

 lata gen shle-uga ku;fp;'iktak i niish when you see this, remember me. (M.) 



((/). The verbal conditional: 

 titatnak hiime^' i ; ka-itoks ni hu'shkanka pap'lak niish henie/islit tell 



me only one word at a time; I do not remember (them) when you 



S2)('ak fast. 

 ka-iu ktotchasht ktchalhui sappash before the rain the sun shines. (M.) 



(e). The verbal intentional : 

 ml hiln tpewa pelpeltki, lewitchta ta'dsh pelpelsh I ordered him to work, 



but he refuses to u-ork. (j\I.) 

 ge'ntki ma'lsh nu gi' / order you to go. (M.) 

 hiinktiash we-ul;l'kash nutetki giiiga i-a'sli mpampatkanka tlte willows 



were sputtering in the fire to burn up these women. (M. myth.) 



The intransitive verb. 



^wa vil'nsh e-ushtat the canoe floats tqjoit the lake. (M.) 

 wash a natch geluipk' Iniya the coyotes are coming near us; wash nalsh 

 wigatau holufpka. 



