424 titiPORT— 1902. 



Negative Foems. 



aua-tsEn k-a'kai-En, I am not sick, 

 aua-t-st k*a'kai-Et, we are not sick, 



(the othel" persons follow regularly in like manner. 



auilnuQ tlfi'al k'a'kiii-En, I don't want to be sick. 

 aua kwEnEs wlii'c; k'a'kai, I am not often sick. 



Miscellaneous Foems. 



DEskwa'lfton e-tsEn-k'a'kiii, I think or believe I am sick. 



k-a'kiiis tam (t'sa) tsa, this will make you sick. 



ka,'kais tam His tsa, this will make me sick. 



e'-a-tcilQ-k-a'kai ? are you sick ? 



e-tsEn-k-a'kiii, I am sick, or shortly C-tsEn, I am. 



e-a-k'a'kai? is he sick? e-k'a'kiii, he is sick, or shortly e he is. 



■wla'5 (or wiatl) kwEns wa k a'kai, I am often sick. 



TKANSITIVE VERB. 



The principal tense signs of the transitive verb arc: e, present perfect or 

 tesponsive sign ; nh and nii-tl preterit ; iw . . . ivis-tl, past perfect and pluperfect ; 

 and tsa, future. 



Active Voice. 



kwil'kwot, to strike. 

 Pbesent Tense. 



kwa 



nl 



kwot-tsEn, I strike ; kwil'kwot-tst, we strike. 



, -tciiQ, thou strikest ; ., -tcap, you „ 



, -Es (tE (masc.) sE (fern.) present, he or she strikes. 

 I "ES ,1 „ absent „ ,, „ 



, -ES (totla'lEm (masc.) sOtla'lEm (fern.) present, they strike, 

 -Es ,, ,j ,, ,, absent, „ „ 



Present Perfect Continuous and Responsive Tense. 

 g-tsEn-kwii'kwot, I am striking ; e-tst-kwil'kwot, we are striking. 



The other persons follow regularly In like manner. 



I may add here that ' gender ' and 'number,' 'absence' and 'presence' of the 

 third person are uniformly expressed in all the tenses as in the present tense above. 



In the past tenses the Kwa'ntlEn distinguish between a recent and a more remote 

 action thus : 



Recent Past Tense. 

 ne-tsEn-kwil'kWot, I struck ; ne-tst-kwa'kwot, we struck. 

 The other persons follow regulatty in like manner. 



Remoter-Past Tense, 

 ne-tl-tsEn-kwii'kwot, I struck ; nc-tl4st-kwa'kwot, we struck. 

 The other persons follow regularly in like manner. 



Past Perfect and Pluperfect Tense. 

 ne-tsEn-WE-tl-kwa'kwotj I had struck ; ne-tst-wE^tl-kwii'kwot, we had struck. 

 The other persotia follow regularly in like manner. 



Future Tense. 

 kwa'kwot-tsEn-tsa, I shall strike ; kwa'kwot-tst'tsftj We shall strike. 

 The other persons follow regularly in like manner. 



