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one another, as, for cxan.ple, IritsJtii/, an arm; liere tlio word la means a 

 man; tshin, a paw; tugifjdtl', pregnant; here tlie word fa means him or 

 lier, kit, belly, gat, child, and a, is. There are two nnmbers, singular and 

 plural. There arc only two cases, nominatives and instrumental, for in- 

 stance, te, a stone, of, from a stone, to a stone, and tct'ch, by a stone; tc/,', 

 stones and so forth, tekich, by stones; in', water, &c. ; i'ntch, by water; i'«7;, 

 waters; i'nJifch, by waters. The plural is generally formed by adding' the 

 letters kJi or lii-Jch, and sometimes also ass, i, hi, or kJtu, to a substantive. 



The instrumental case is formed by adding the letters tsh: for instance, 

 nominative, ass, a tree ; instrumental, asstsh, by a tree; plural, nominative, 

 isk, and instrumental, assktsh. 



Adjective nouns are not declined, but have three degrees of com- 

 parison. 



The comparative is formed by adding to the positive the word agonal-, 

 which means greater, much, more, or past; examples, icl-hc, good; agan- 

 akh-iekhe, better: flekVulsJike, bad; .aganakh-flckliusJike, worse. 



The com])arative, if in the negative, is formed by adding the word 

 akin, backward. 



The superlative is formed by adding the word iidcliigauakh, whicli 



means greater than l)oth; examples, iiUcliiganakh. iekJie, the best one. The 



superlative, if in the negative, is formed by adding the word usJikintifi, less. 



The method of counting is not founded on the decimal system, but on 



the first five numbers. 



The cardinal numbers are: 



ishinkatlekh, 11. tleka-hatshinkliat, 30. 



ishinkhateh, 12. natz'kekha, GO. 



ishinkat'-kanatzk, 13. natzkeka-katshinkhat, 70. 



4. ishinkat-katahun', 14. tahunkha, 80. 



ishinkat-kaketshin', 15. tatshka', 40. 



ishiukat-katletiishu', 16. tatshka-katshinkhat,' 50. 

 ishinkat-katahatushu', 1 7. talmnklia/-katshinkhat,90. 

 ishinkatkanetz-kattishu, IS. kitshinkha, 100. 



ishinkat'-katushuk', 19. chinkatkha', 200. 



tleka, 20. 



