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few hats, au'a ke'qEs ya'suk or qa'la ya'suk. 



all hats, muk- ya'suk. 



some hats, ya'Isuk. 



no hats, aul'ta ya'suk. 



any hat (a circumlocution). 



one house, lE'tsa la'lEm or lE'tsotOQ. 



two houses, sE'mEtoQ. 



many houses, keq lii'lEm or keq-autq. 



few houses, au'a ke'qBs lii'lEm. ad litt, ' not many houses.' 



all houses, muk- la'lEm. 



some houses, lElii'lEm. 



no hovises, aui'ta lii'lEm. 



any houses (a circumlocution). 



one stone, lE'tsus or lE'tsa smiilt. 



two stones, yisil'lus or isii'la sraitlt. 



no stones, aui'ta smiilt. 



few stones, au'a ke'qEs smiilt. 



some stones, smEmiilt. 



any stones (a circumlocution), 



all stones, muk- smiilt. 



many stones, keq smiilt, 



one tree, slE'tsatlp. 



two trees, si'satlp. 



a small tree, slisQE'tlp. 



a large tree, slI'sQEtlp. 



many trees, tsEk'tsu'k-ut. 



little trees, tsE'k-tsuk-ut. 



no tree, aui'ta skat. 



These ' tree ' forms are specially interesting, showing as they do three distinct radi- 

 cals in the same dialect. The numeral form is common to most, perhaps all, of the 

 Salish dialects. It is clearly an old form. 



this is John's dog, tla swils John skwomai'. 



which is your horse ? ElE'tsa kwa swii stEke'yu 7 



he stole my horse, iB la-kil'lsEs '1 swii stEke'yu. 



he stole your horse, 1e la-kii'lsiim e swii stEke'yu, 



he killed my dog, 1e kaiEtEs tEl skwomai'. 



he killed your dog, lE kaiEtEs E skwomai'. 



my dog is lost, le-5'kQEs tEl skwomai'. 



the man is walking, tE e'mE(j. 



the man was walking, le-tl-i-C'mEg. 



the man will walk, lE-tca-G'mE?. 



your horse is white, pEk tE E-stEke'yfi. 



come with me, me'tla EskEka tla e'lsa. 



come home with me, mG'tla le tak'Q tla e'lsa. 



I will go with you, liim-tcil-tca. 



this is not my hat, lilts '1 swii ya'suk or au'a tla '1 swii yii'suk. 



God made the world, 91'tEs kwa tcitcil sia'm tE la tEmuq. 



Is your father dead ? le wB-tl-kai kwEl mEl ? 



Is your mother dead ? le wE-tl-kai sBl tEl ? If parent be unknown to questioner, 

 tu-wiV is added to the expression. 



Is he coming 1 c-wE-tl-ya-me ? If object be behind the speaker, who looks back 

 as he speaks, then he uses the form e-tu-tl-ya-me ? 



Are you coming ? e-tcuq ame ? 



I am often sick, wiii'ts kwEls ka'kai. 



I am not often sick, au'a wiil'ts kwEls ka'kai. 



They are coming now, e-autli ame' tlalEm. 



He is coming now, e-tantli ame'. 



I am striking it, e'-tcil-kwa'kwakwot. 



He lives with me, tla '1 (swill) ts'QolmuQ. 



I have spoilt it, kElkEl(E)-lo'q-tcil. In this term we see the particle n%q that 

 plays so important a part in the Sk-qo'mic verb under the form loq^. It does not 



