ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 
Okand'kén. 
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Nouns have a distributive which is formed by amplification of the stem: 
Indian, skéle. 
man, sh-EltEmé' ea. fs 
boy, tetuné't. 1 
to give, Qué'tsiat. 
to tell a lie, smd'lzlagda, ,, 
sick, sh? n'lelt. ce 
distrib. sk-zlk2'la. 
sk elk' eltemé'e. 
to'tuit. 
plural, seué'tsieté. 
smElmdlzlaga'a. 
sh’ ilh’é'Tte. 
Irregular plurals are not as frequent as is Shushwap, but still very numerous: 
woman, tk itlemé'lugq, distributive, emdémzé'm. 
boy, squinu'mta. 5 spela'l. 
baby, shukut'melt. 3 sttsem’a' la. 
torun, é'tcilie. plural, Qé'temést. 
to sleep, zte. + ts'ateé' ligia. 
to speak, k-ulkoé'lzlt. Fo sk:oak:oa'l. 
to stand, aksumvé'e. 3 Vone's. 
to walk, ewi'ste. 3 tekod'tumé. 
NUMERALS. 
Persons Other objects Persons Other objects 
1. kendh:s nak's 4. k'emd'sencis mas 
2. k:asrast'l act'l 5. ktctltcilhust tctlkust 
3. k-ak:datili'e h:a'tléec 6. ktak'tak emkust ta' kh: emkust 
Besides this numerals can be composed with 
language : 
two houses, aslé'tle. 
two canoes, aslé'utl. 
two trees, asla'luk:. 
two faces, aszlii's. 
Personal pronouns are : 
I, enta'hen. 
thou, hanué’. 
he, tein?’ tl. 
The possessive pronouns are : 
my, in—. 
thy, an. 
his, h@—s. 
my father, in Zzé@’u. 
his father, hé lzé/us. 
any of the numerous affixes of the 
two fires, aseli'selp. 
two days, asela'skt. 
two stones, aseli'sern. 
two blankets, asu/lt'tsa, kc. 
we, mné'mitit. 
you, mné'mtlem. 
they, mné'mtcilia. 
our, —tet. 
your, —mp. 
their, —slia. 
our father, lzé'utrt. 
When the noun begins with an s, 7 and & stand for the first and second persons : 
my mother, 7sh’d'i. 
INTRANSITIVE VERB. 
I am sick, kines k’2'lzlte. 
we are sick, his k’’é'lzlta. 
thou art sick, ’uts kh’ é'lelte. 
he is sick, sk’é'lzlte. 
The difference between the verbs with definite and indefinite object, described 
you are sick, ps h’é'lzlta. 
they are sick, sits h-’é'ligile. 
by Mengarini in his Salish grammar, is found here also : 
I work, kines k’d'lem. 
thou workest, ’uts k’o'lem. 
he works, ’0'lzm. 
I work at it, héts h’d'lestxun. 
thou workest at it, héts k’d'lzste. 
he works at it, hZts k’d'luste. 
we work at it, héts h’d'lustem. 
you work at it, héts h’d'lustzp. 
they work at it, héts h’d'lzstcile. 
