SYNTACTIC EXAMPLES. G93 



wak e n'sh gi'ug kA-i wal^a? why don't you reply to mef wak lish i uen 

 k4-i wal/a? 



(d). Introduced by various pronouns and particles. 



wdtch M hii gi? is that a horse f (M.) 



tank i mehiash shnukua koketat ? Jiow many trout did you catch in the 



riverf lap mehiasli ! two trout! (M.) 

 tanni latchash malrim kjiilatat ! hoiv many lodges are on your landf 

 tAnni mi t'shishfim watch gi? how many horses has your father f (M.) 

 tata i patkelola ? what time did you rise frovi sleep f tiish kisli i patkal 1 

 tatd ma'ntch haitch huk liisliuaksh nuisha "? hotv long was this man sickf 



The cases of the substantive. 



(a). The objective case. 



1 luishnakpapka nep you are holding your hands together u^ion some- 

 thing. (M.) 

 luepalsh shtina'sh powett'ka the lightning-stroke sliattered the house. (M.) 

 shmukiitan' nii g(^t nii shulutish I am wetting that garment; nii'toks hun 



shpaga shulutish. 

 gek mushmush Uip'ni t4-unep shesha this cow is worth twenty dollars. 

 pet'atko pshi'sh one whose nose-perforation is disrupted. (M.) 

 hashuash iiu hashua / am planting maise. (M.) 

 hfi stani yaina-Aga kima'tch the ant-hill teems tvith ants. (M.) 

 watchkina niish koka spdluish a raccoon hit me in the index-finger. 

 klash hun mi t;jc'-una shewan' i give this hide to your elder brother. (M.) 



{h). The possessive and partitive case. 



maklaksam shnuitka na (for nAlam) shtina'sh the house is full of our 



people. (M.) 

 letumnoti tiimi pan they have a carousal, or feast; lit. "many of" them 



eat in a noise." 



(c). The locative case. 



kilfwash iinkntat skA-ukua the red-headed woodpecker picks holes in the 

 tree. (M.) 



