SYNTACTIC EXAMPLES. 695 



g^nii hunAshak nii shla'papka I am looking at it unintentionally. (M.) 

 ti'dsli sha hishufitchzash shualaliampka they tvafch the man closely. (M.) 

 turn tchatcluii ampii i bunua yon drank too nmch water. (M.) 

 tank ml na'sh illulash vuushtat s^usxiyamnish gi, tanktchikni ge-u 



kewA wii'k last year I tms able to row the canoe, (but) since then I 



broke my arm. (M.) 



Temporal locutions, mainly of an adverbial nature. 



tina illulash tank nii hun shlea I satv him a year ago. 



tina ok ilhola pa-ulash gd-u I ate (of it) last year. 



niilam a slii'p tiim nl'l a gt'n illu'lsh our sheep have much tvool this year. 



lapni tcliek illo'lan sliekelui shdllualsh after two years the war came to 



an end. (M.) 

 ta'htash gentka [)ata tumi wa, tanktoks kaitua there ivere many yrass- 



hoppers this summer, hut not any last year. 

 pAta ma'ntch waita, liildani toks pi^pelak wafta in summer the days are 



long, in tvinter they are short; lit. "the days pass rapidly." 

 gentka luldani kA-i gi-uapka w^sh this tvinter there tvill be no ice. (M.) 

 tank na'sh shappesli koke wetko gi' last month the river ivas frozen. (M.) 

 ma'iitchtoks at padshit waitash the days are long noiv. (M.) 

 una ha shtipa wai'ta it was cloudy all day yesterday. (M.) 

 nishta wash yea the prairie ivolves have howled all night; pii'dshit pshi'n 



ye-a wash. 



The conjunction. 



(a). The pafticle ak, aka, ka expresses probability and potentiality. 



kii-i ak mish ne'pkia you may feel uncomfortable. (M.) 

 hiink ak taksh un (for hii'n) nu shldat / can see him; nil aka hiln shlea. 

 nu kai ak hu'nkish hil'nkptchi a I'gi) / would act, do, or be like him. (M.) 

 shldat ak taksh iln nil (iln for : hu'n) T can see that. 

 tarn i kukant ko'shtat! ka-i dka nu kokant can you climb the 2)ine-tree? 

 I cannot. 



