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BEPORT 1889. 



Numeral Adverbs. 



These are formed by adding the suffix -dahe'n to the cardinal numbers. 



tledaM'n, once. nats¥ dahe'n, three times. 



daqdahe'n, twice. dalf'un dahB'n, four times. 



Distributive Numbers. 



The cardinal numbers are at the same time distributives. I collected the following 

 examples : 



tie k'a nsq and tie nsq, one to each. 

 dsq neq, two to each. 



It will be observed that in this instance that form of numeral is used which 

 denotes a number of men. It is probable that when other substantives are referred 

 to the other numerals take their place. 



natsltye nsq, three to each. 



THE PRONOUN 

 Personal Pronoun. 



There are two forms of the personal pronoun, which may be designated the 

 ordinary and the selective forms. The difference of these forms will best be made 

 clear by giving examples : To the question, Who is there ? I answer, qat (I), which is 

 the ordinary form ; while to the question. Who among all of you will help me ? I 

 answer, qatc (I). 



Besides these we find two forms of the personal pronoun which are used in the 

 inflexion of the verb : one in inflecting the transitive, the other in inflecting the in- 

 transitive verb, the latter being at the same time the object of the transitive 

 pronoun. This makes it probable that the intransitive verb is really impersonal. 



The transitive and intransitive forms must not be considered prefixes, as they are 

 not inseparable from the verb. 



Demonstrative Pronoun. 



Krause and Wemiaminov give the demonstrative pronouns : yatat, this ; and yntat, 

 that. Krause states that the adjective form is ya and yu. I have no example of 

 this kind in my list. There exists a demonstrative word a, which is very extensively 

 used. 



a to, something inside. aq ari age ? is that mine ? 



a tlen hit, that large house. hit a tldii a, that is a large house. 



The following are evidently derivatives from the same demonstrative stem : 



aq ari aua, that is mine. hit g's'tsgu as'ia', that is a small house. 



% hiti asia, tliat is j'our house. 



Note. — The demonstrative 7vc is fotmd twice in my collection : 



wotc qat rvu si neq, that man saved me. 



roe atqa' qat si nek', that food me makes sick. 



Note. — The personal and possessive pronouns, third person, are sometimes used 

 with the termination -tit, denoting that the person is at a distance, and thus receive 

 a demonstrative meaning : 



tutlt ari aua, it is his, or that man's. hastlt, they (at a distance). 



