ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 673 
RELATIVE. 
The use of the relative form will become clear from the following example : 
I say (1) so (2), who I am (3) shaman (4). 
namah (1) ted (2) yak‘has(3)tucta'kyu(4). 
1st person singular, yak-h-das. 1st person plural, yak-k-ine. 
2nd ,, 3 yak heh. 2nd 3; » Yak ke'so. 
3rd, oN yak ké't. 3rd | » yak he'itatl. 
Past, yakith as, Future, yakak'tlh-as or yak‘a'k tle. 
There are other variations of this form: 
what a shaman (2) Iam (1)! k-oayé's (1) aicta'h'yt (2)! 
which is inflected in the same way. 
I believe the following form must be classed here also: 
I know (1) that thou art (2) a shaman (3), kama'tamah(1)ané'k (2) ticta'h-yit. 
This form is inflected as follows: 
1st person singular, ané's. 1st person plural, ani’ne. 
2nd. 4, a ané'k. 2nds 5.3 »  ané'so. 
STs» \55 3 ané'. Suwanee »  ané'tatl. 
The personal pronoun mentioned on p. 118 is evidently derived from the same stem. 
INTERROGATIVE. 
sick, t2’itl 
Ist person singular, ¢2’itlhas. Ist person plural, ¢é’itlhené. 
2nd _,, 3 té'itlhak. nt aes fF té'itlhaso. 
3rd, 5 té/itlha. ard, » téitlhaatl. 
PASSIVE. 
to shake, hi’scitl. 
Present. 
1st person singular, hisciata'h. 1st person plural, hisciati'ne. 
2nd -,, 5 hisciaté'its. 2nd ss, »  hisciaté'itsd. 
BLO "5s Pa hi'sciatma. Siiile as »  hisciatmaa'tl. 
Imperfect:  hiscianitah. 
Perfect : hiscizetlatah. 
Future : hiscitlak latah. 
Fut. exact.: hiscitlak:tlanitah. 
Conditional: hisciatosah (according to Rev. Father Verbeck) 
Subjunctive : hisciatlis ( 9 ” ” ) 
The Verb of the Tlad'kath Dialect according to Bishop J. N. Lemmens. 
INDICATIVE. 
to kill, k-a’qsap. 
_ Present Imperfect Perfect 
Ist per. sing. | k:agsaps or k-agsapsic k-agsamits or k:agsapints _|\k-agsapatis or 
k-agsapatlsic 
2nd ,, “; h:aqsapitsh h:agsamititskor k:aqgsapintitsh 
BEd gy), heagsapie h:agsapintic 
Ist ,, plur| kagsapnic hk-aqsaminic 
7530 h-aqsapitsoc h'agsapintitsoe 
303! h-agsap(akayie haqsapintic 
