672 REPORT—1890. 
CONDITIONAL. 
The following forms were obtained from the Rev. Father Nicolai, the missionary 
stationed at Alberni: 
Ishould have I should have known, or 
I should know. known. I intended to know. 
1st person singular: kimétapd'sah. himétapahitah. himétapaqatii'tah. 
2nd a, x haimétaposé'its. &e, &e. 
SIGs “55 a hamétaposma, 
or himétaposa. 
1st » plural kdmétapisine. &c. 
I have obtained none of these forms, but another instead; the form was obtained 
in the foliowing sentence : 
if I had been well I should have left, wZkeaha'mith'ds waha'hitlith és 
(wahi'h, to leave). 
By varying this sentence I obtained the following forms: 
I should have gone, wahd'hitlith és. 
thou wouldst have gone, wahda'hitlitsuh. 
he would have gone, wahd'hitlitha. 
we should have gone, wahd'hitlithine. 
you would have gone, wahd'hitlitasuk. 
they would have gone, wahdhitlkaatl. 
The terminations of this form resemble those of the conditional in the Tlad'kath 
dialect, which will be found further below. 
SUPPOSITIONAL. 
to kill, k'a’qsap. 
if I should kill. &e. 
— Present Past Future Sad | 
Ist pers. sing. | h:agsaphk-d's kragsamitho's | k:agsapak tlkd's | ksaqgsapak tlith'd's 
PAN AS haqsaph;o'h ; 
3rd, oy keagsaphk-o' 
Ist ,, plur. | hagsaphw'ne | . ke. &e. Re. , 
2005 0 t.,5 k-aqsapho'sb 
3rd, ” h-aqsapk'o'atl 
The suppositional is also used as optative. It seems that in this case it takes a 
terminal -c. ; 
I wish I could eat =if I could eat, ha-w'khie. 
I wish thou couldst eat, ha-whkhoke. &c. 
Pd a 3g s Me 
The same terminal ¢ was found in a number of cases: 
if he had been well I should have gone, wékeahda' mith de wohd hitih-és. 
wre 
IMPERATIVE. 
The imperative has a great variety of forms, and I was unable to classify them in — 
any satisfactory way. According to Bishop Lemmens, the subjunctive and impera- — 
tive are distinguished in the Tlad'kath dialect, and similar forms may occur in the 
Ts’icia’ath. : 
The most frequent forms are on -2 in the second person singular and -ite in the 
second person plural. 
eat ! (singular) ha’-uhwi. drink ! (singular) nak-eii’. 
eat! (plural) ha’-uknite. drink ! (plural) nak-ciite. 
go away ! ké'itcz; from ké'i. come here! tei hua. 
