ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 685 
TRANSITIVE VERB. 
Subject. 
Singular 
Object 
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 
ist person singular . — —tsa'tsEmue —tsa'tsEms 
2nd ” ” = —tsén —tsés 
Brd .,, » «+ | —ta'ten nué’s —tig —tas 
fetes, plur. incl. — = —ta'lns 
feo), > excl. = —ta'ghug —tia'skuq 
Bnd ,, a . | —to'lemen — —to'lums 
ae 5g A . | —ta'ten utl nué's —tig utl nué's — 
4 Plural 
| Object 
1st per. incl. Ist per. excl. 2nd person 3rd person 
1st person singular — — —tsa'tsilp —tsi/tsEms 
mud’ - ,, ee — —tsé't — —tsés 
Brn 5, »  . | —taém nué's | —ta'’mkug nué's | —tap —tiis 
Ist »» Plur. incl. — — _— —ta'las 
1st Rae day eXCl, _- — — —ta' skuq 
NG. ~ 5) teas — —ta'lemt —ti'phug —to' lems 
3rd By Ahiss — —tsit —tiip —_— 
Stla’tlumu. 
The noun has no separate forms for singular and plural. The distributive is 
formed by reduplication of the stem; the diminutive and augmentative are also 
- amplifications of the stem. There is no gender. 
The numeral has several classes. In counting men the numeral is reduplicated. 
In counting animated beings it is amplified in another way. It may be compounded 
_ with any of the innumerable affixes. 
— Counting Men Animate 
if pe'la pa'prlia _ pe'prla 
a) G@'NUEC ENG'NUEC a'anuec 
3 haetla'c hkha'aetlia'e haatle'ls 
4 qoo'tcin qoq o'tcin Go'otcin 
5 tei’ likst ter ltcilikst tei'tcilikst 
6 Va k-emkist tlak-e tlh-a'mhist +V'a'tlh:amk'st 
7 teitlaka teutltclaka'a tei'telaka 
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I mention the following compounds : 
; 1 canoe, pa'loluitl. 1 fire, pa'lékup. 
4 1 house, pa'Valte. 1 day, pal’ask é'it. 
E 1 tree, pa'Taluk:. 1 stone, pa'lalte. 
1 water, pal'a'th oa. 1 dollar, pa'Voca. 
1 country, pal’a'imue. &e. 
Personal pronouns are: 
I, czintea. we, nucné'mutl. 
thou, snd'a. you, sndla'p. 
he, cné'itl. they, wucné'itl 
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN. 
my, x— our, —tlkatl. 
thy, -—suda. your, —lap 
