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The intransitive verb may also be inflected by means of an auxiliary verb i, as 

 follows : 



Present tense Imperfect tense Future tcn»c 



1st pers. sing. kuine — ne ma-kuine — ne ku-tsqatl-inO'ne — ne. 



&c. &c. &c. 



The attributive verb is formed in the same way, or by means of the auxiliary verb ; : 



For instance : kutH'ne, or kxiinS sdne, I am bad. 



The noun does not take the verbal sufl&xes and prefixes, but is used with the 

 auxiliary verb : 



gin im- Kutona'qa, you are a Kootonay. 

 k-'a'pc htr Kiitviut'qii, they are all Kootonay. 

 itiS kagitla, it is my house. 



Imperath-e. 



2nd person singular: — en; for instance : I'kcn, eat ! g-'O'inenic), sleep I 

 2nd „ plural : — etl ; „ t'kdtl, eat I 



INTEBROGATIVE. 



The interrogative particle is kati, or naqk-an, which, however, is not used when it 

 is self-evident that a question is meant : 



vaqlfan gin-g-'o'menv ? and gin g-'u'mene 1 are you asleep 7 



naqk-an gin ine Kutona'qa 1 and gin Inv Kutona'qa ? are you a Kootonay ? 



k-an hw ka'mln 1 is it mine ? 



k-an inv aqgitld'is 1 is that his house 7 



After an interrogative pronoun the particle is omitted : 



gatla kl'e 1 who is that ? 



Negative. 

 The negative is formed by the prefix *•'«, which follows the pronominal prefix : 

 ku-k'a-iantlqd'one, I am not sick ( = bad body). 



Iterative. 

 The iterative is formed by tla, which follows the pronominal prefix : 

 ku-tla-santlqo'onS, I am again sick. 



Optative. 

 The optative is formed by a compound particle, composed of the particles desig- 

 nating future and past. It is, therefore, a futurum exactum. 



tsqE-ma kui'keiu; I should like to drink. 

 The future is also used to express a desiderative. 



kU'tgqatl-i'kene, I shall drink, and I want to drink. 



QUOTATIVE AND RESPONSIVE. 



If the verb is said in answer to a question, or in repetition of a sentence heard 

 from another speaker, the prefix she is used. 



du-watlenketlatlo' nH , somebody said it is snowing. 

 kii-nlu-tca'qi-, I am coming (said in reply to a question). 

 »lu-i'kene, they say that he eats. 



