866 EEPORT — 1889. 



The Adverb. 



The adverb stands mostly at the beginning of the sentence : 



yaridEt lias rl sHc'n, you see them now. 



TEsu' qat 1VU nvli', I just got sick. 



tstffE' mjE' ri siita'n ? did you see him yesterdaj- ? 



tlUs'e aq ci'ne hug- rl sBtH'n, later on you will see my country. 



In a few cases it stands at the end of the sentence : 



qat (1) IranicMdeq {2) site' (3), I am (1) very (3) poor (2). 



Formation of Wobds. 



It was mentioned above that compound words are very frequent, and I believe 

 that all words can be reduced to monosyllabic stems. In many cases it is evident 

 that the word is a compound, although we are not able to determine the meaning of 

 the elements. Excepting the particles referred to above (p. 860), it seems that the 

 composing elements may occur independently as well as forming part of other words. 

 For instance, ria'ti, place for something, occurs both independently and as a constituent 

 of many words : 



fek'a ria'ti, mortar = pestle place. Jr'oa'tl ria'ti, bed = feather place. 



From the same stem are derived the following : 



ya'k'rEre't. canoe place. 



kaqE'gxiare't, mortar = pestle place. 



tuuqsKre't, whistle = place into which one blows. 



ffutsre(t), heaven = cloud place. 



ffa7i etff , fire place. 



tl'cncte', beach = sand place. 



Many adjectives are compounds of tlc(tl), being merely a negation of their 

 opposite : 



tletl wu ck'E, bad, and trjvu ck'E, ugly. tlctl mi tlitsen, weak. 



tletl wti dstl, light. 



Probably also : 



ku watl, short (see hu 7vat, long). tlk'atck, lame. 



tlfucten, blind (ten, to see). tlkotVaqt, deaf {aq, to hear). 



I give finally a collection of sentences : 



hahea qa tana' ! give me to drink ! 



a hu qa tli qetl, I am afraid. 



aqaga IcaqcuuVt, I paint my face. 



aq ek'' iu'rete qtui, I am and remain thin. 



at qa qa rlt aq turil ta, I want to eat. 



at qa agn I tvru stgo' ? do you wish to eat ? 



aq toru slgo' at qa, I wish to eat. 



aq toru wa sigu' at qoa qa rit, I wish to eat. 



tlutl aq toru wa nni slgu' qat wu iielt\ I do not like to be sick. 



gacu de qat wu nc'qdh', I should like to be well. 



gdcu (woe') rl god (yua'), I wish you would go. 



gdcu de qa god, I wish to go. 



ga^iu' tlingit k-'a qa aqtc, I wish I understood the Tlingit. 



qa CEgvli rdndat'E'te, I can swim. 



tletl tvu qa cEguJi rdndojt' e' tc, I cannot swim. 



VHl a de at qoa qa rlre, I cannot eat. 



todtl hyercu qa sl'yi/r, I haul in halibut (halibut line I haul in). 



hlth-to re qoa god, I go to the houses. 



liUlito re a ne god, he goes to the houses. 



tletl 1 tla tl'sk- qek' ! don't make it wet 1 



TE tli tlE'lr ! don't make it wet ! 



(tc'e) ck'a qa til nek', I pretend to be sick, 



ck-'a qa tli qa, I pretend to eat. 



Ts'dtSQs'nqc qa tlie'q, I pretend to be a Tsimshian. 



