382 REPORT — 1902. 



Iglyau'kt. In the matter of the formation of its ordinal numbers the Tcil'Qe'uk 

 differs very much from the Kwa'ntlEn, which tas specialised forms (see below 

 under Kwa'ntlEn Numerals). 



DISTRIBUTIVES. 



These are formed from the cardinal numbers by reduplication of the first syllable j 

 thus : — 



one to each, iBtslE'tsa six to each, t'qt'qE'm 



two „ lyEsE'la seven ,, tsEtsau'ks 



three „ tliiqtlu'q eight „ t'ktE'kiitsa 



four „ HaHii'tsEl nine „ tEtil'q 



five „ tl'ktl'ka'tsis ten ,, a'pEpEl 



ADVERBIAL NUMERALS. 



once, lE'tsauq. six times, t'qEma'tl, or — a?, 



twice, sama'tl or 5ama'tl. seven times, tsauksa'tl, or — a^. 



thrice, tl'Qa'tl. eight times, t'katsa'tl, or —a?, 



four times, HiitsEla'tl, tlEsmutla'tl. nine times, tuqa'tl, or — a?, 



five times, tlEkatsa'tl, s'kiitsa'tl. ten times, apBla'tl, or — ay. 



ADJECTIVES. 



The adjectives are of two kinds, simple or primitive, such as 'good,' 'bad,' &c. ; 

 and derivative, that is, those formed from nouns or verbs. The place of the ad- 

 jective in composition varies somewhat with the construction of the sentence in 

 which it is found. The simple attributive and numeral adjectives invariably occupy 

 much the same position as in English. Thus : ' a fine day ' is T-. swc'yil ; ' a bad 

 season,' /ifiZ te?«; 'two stones,' Isa'la smalt; 'many hats,' heq yu'lsuh. Occasional 

 exceptions are found to this rule. The place of the predicate adjective is the exact 

 opposite of the English. Thus : ' my dog is black ' is slwq tr. '1 skwomai' ; verbativi, 

 ' black the my dog.' ' The moon is bright ' is sta'tu ts tVkelts ; verbatim, ' light the 

 moon.' ' Our house is old ' is gm'lahva ts Idlsm-tcit (or ssa'tl lillEni) ; verbatim, ' old 

 the house our.' The pronominal adjective always accompanies its noun, coming 

 itnmediately before or after it. 



COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. 



ihe comparison of adjectives is in Tcil'Qe'uk effected in the following manner :— 



Positive Comparative Superlative 



-, J stKtE's r" (arf Zirt. near good) 1 ,,,„^ ,„-,„„'i i „„*- 



e or e'ya, good ^.^^^,g^ - ^^^ ^-^^ ^^^^ ^o |ood) | ^^"^"^ ^''^^ ^' ^^^*- 



klautis tE e (ad litt. close to good). 



The comparative is not a regular construction as in English or Latin ; for, in 

 addition to the expressions above, the term yiiti-e'l is also used. This word is the 

 adjective numeral ' first.' When this term is employed the distinction between the 

 comparative and the superlative is a purely vocal one. The degree of comparison is 

 marked by the manner in which the word is uttered. The higher the degree of 

 goodness or excellence, or the opposite as the case may be, the more the tone rises 

 and the longer the final syllable is drawn out. 'This method of comparison is 

 common to all the Salish dialects ; is indeed common to all primitive tongues. It is 

 the same method little children use in their speech with one another. 



ADVERBS. 



The position of the adverb varies with the class employed. The temporal adverb 

 is invariably placed at the beginning of the sentence. lilxamples of its syntax will 

 be found in the native text. 



