ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 
These forms are treated exactly as the intransitive verb: 
T see you, lilemagé’ma-tsEn (p’a), 
or 
(n)é’tsE(n)(p’a) laélemagaé’ma. 
I shall see you, lilkmacé'ma-tskn-tsE(p'a) &c. 
Singular: write / qa/lem-tla! 
mrite/! qalEmii’-tla! 
IMPERATIVE. 
The imperative is frequently circumscribed by: i is good that you—, ai—. 
take care! ai ku sid! 
take pity upon me! ai(p’a) kuns tsQui/mEgama |! 
The indicative is frequently used instead of the imperative. 
Don’t go! (plural) au'atsEp nim (verbatim, you do not go). 
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The principal peculiarities of the Shushwap are the occurrences of an exclusive 
and inclusive form of the plural and the great frequency of irregular plurals. 
The distributive form of the noun is formed by amplification of the stem, generally 
_ from a separate stem : 
boy, time'ut. 
country, temé'a. 
dog, ska! qa. 
head, sha'phEn. 
house, tsita. 
man, sk-a' lemue. 
old man, stl¢’a'am. 
old woman, gie'ia. 
woman, no'gonud. 
bad, Rest. 
good, la. 
strong, rulral. 
old, ha'wulq. 
to come, stlaq. 
to dance, k-oié'la. 
to go, k-utsa'ts. 
to run (animal), noq. 
to sing, sitsé’nEm. 
to stand, stsila’ut. 
Trregular plurals : 
small, huié'esa. 
to cry, ts’om. 
to laugh, 6lé' lum. 
torun (man), 2a’/wulq. 
to sit (v.a.), ami't. 
to sit (v.n.), mot. 
to return, tstra'p. 
to sleep, pelé't. 
to speak, hoto't. 
to walk, howa'tem. 
girl, od’ utzm. 
little girl, eved'qutzm. 
lake, pasi'tlhkua. 
by reduplication. Irregular distributives of nouns are rare. 
and verbs are formed in the same way. 
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There is no indication of the existence of a gender. 
Diminutives are formed by amplifications of the stem : 
distributive, ewedutzm. 
” 
distributive, tutuwé' ut. 
temtemé’e. 
sh: agh a' qa. 
sh-epha'pqen. 
tsitst'te. 
sk: a'lk elemue. 
stegtl¢’d’am. 
gigit’ia. 
nogno' gonud. 
hy'eshést. 
lzla'. 
rilrilra'l. 
huka'wulg.’ 
strtla'q. 
hoikh oié'le. 
h-utsd'ats. 
no'qnoq. 
sisitsé'nEM. 
stsistsild'ut. 
tsitsitsema' st. 
hroa'ht. 
qoigoa'yos. 
toa'na. 
tla’ hele. 
tsia'm. 
tshitse. 
eemha'ut. 
h-od' les. 
Qqusa't. 
Quead' qutEm. 
small lake, papsi'tlhua. 
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Plurals of adjectives 
In the latter the plural is frequently derived 
