420 REPORT — 1902. 



Object Present but Invisible to Speaker, 



kwE-nE = my, as kwE-nE skwomai, my dog (object masculine). 



This form is frequently contracted to kwEn'. 



k'tlEn = my, as k'tlEn mtismus, my cow (object feminine). 



Object Absent and Invisible to Speaker, 



K's-sa-nE, often contracted to k's'iin', my (object masculine). 

 K's-tlEn, my (object feminine). 



The same elements are used with the pronominal forms of the otlier persons. 



Emphatic Fokms. 



The same rule applies to the other pronominal forms with respect to common 

 and selective, masculine and feminine forms. 



nE-swa, my own. sa'atl, our own. 



En-swa, 1^ ^, Q^,|j^ Es-swa'f;lEp, your own, 



Es-swa, J 



to-swas, his own. to-swas, their own. 



6E-swas, her own. 



Substantive Foems. 



nE-swa, mine. sa'autl, ours. 



Es-swa, thine, Es-swa'ElEp, yours. 



Bwas, his, hers. swas (a'tltEn), theirs. 



Possessive with Verbuvi Suhstantivum. 



tla-wa-n'-swa, it is my or mine ; tla-wa-sa'autl, it is our or ours. 

 tla-wa-En-swa, it is thy or thine ; tla-wa-EswaElep, it is your or yours, 

 tia-wa-swas, it is his, her, or hers ; tla-wa-swas (atltEn), it is their or theirs, 



'Possessive with Verhnvi Suhstantivum and Demonstbative. 



tla-n'-swa ti, this is mine ; tla sa'autl ti, this is ours. 



tla swa ti, this is thine ; tla-EswaElep ti, this is yours. 



tla swas ti, this is his, hers ; tla-swas (atltEn), this is theirs. 



The Kwa'ntlEn also use the prepositional form for the third person when th e 

 owner's name is mentioned. Thus: skwomai' tla John, the dog of John. Posses, 

 sion or ownership is also marked in Kwa'ntlEn in the following manner : — 



e-tsEn ts' skwomai, I have or own a dog. 

 n-e-tcuQ ts' skwomai, you have a dog. 

 e-tst ts' skwomai, you and I have a dog. 

 e-tst ts' skwomkwomai', we have some dogs, 

 e-tst ts' skwomai' e-totla, he and I have a dog; 



This last is particularly interesting in its construction. The particle ts' which 

 is seen here appears to be wanting in the corresponding expression in Tcil'Qe'uk. 



INTEEEOGATIVE PRONOUNS. 



Singular — Wet ? who ? Wet kwa ya'is tE la'lEm ? who made this house ? 



Plural Wet-yisa' or tlatlswet. WettcuQ ? who are you ? Wet t'sa' ? who is that 7 



Wet-yisii' ? who are they 1 

 To-wet ? whose 1 TO-wet siais tE J ? whose work is this ? or, who did this ? 

 To-wet la'lEm ? whose house is that ? To-wet tE-ni ? whose is that ? 

 Stam ? what ? Stam t'sa ? what is that ? Stam kwa Es-stle ? what do you 



want ? . 



But ' what man ? ' is thus rendered : wet swe'Eka ? 

 Kwa nEtsa 7 which ? ad litt. ' a one ? ' 



