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wii-kwa'kwot-En-e-tl, if I were to strike ; wii-kwa'kwot-Et-e-tl, if we were to strike. 

 „ -OQ-e-tl, „ thou wast to „ ; „ „ -ap-c-tl, if you „ „ 



„ -Es-e-tl, „ he were to „ ; „ „ -Bs-e-tl, if they „ „ 



6-wa'-wa^kwa'kwot-tsBn, I may strike ; e-wa'-wa-kwa'kwot-tst, we may strike. 



The other persons follow regularly in like manner. 



kwEns nc-wE-tl-kwa'kwot, when I strike or struck it. 

 k's-nc-wE-tl-kwa'kwot-tst, when we strike or struck it. 



Optative Foemr. 



nE-stlc kwEns-kwa'kwot, I wish I could strike it, or 1 desire to stilke it, 

 „ kwEs-kwfi'kwot-tst, „ we „ ,, or we ,) ,) 



„ „ -kwa'kwot, ,, thou couldst strike it. 



„ ,, -kwa'kwot-ap „ j'ou could „ 



kwa'kwot-OQ tlaii'l, I wish you would or could strike it. 

 „ -Et „ ,, we could strike it. 



nc-wa-stles kVkwa'kwots ? did he want to strike it? 



IKTERROGATIVE FoRMS AND REPLIES. 



no'-a-kwa'kwotEs? did he strike it I 

 nO-kwa'kwotEs, he did strike it. 

 nc'-a-tcuQ-kwa'kwot ? did you strike it ? 

 ne-tsEn-kwa'kwot, I did strike it, nr shortly, nC'lsEii, I did. 

 kwa'kwot-E-tst '! ought we to strike it .' 



The interrogative sign is a in Kwa'ntlEn. In SqO'mic it is 5, 



Iterative Forms. 



c-tsEn-wii-kwii'kwOkwot, I am repeatedly striking it. 

 e-tst-wil „ we are „ „ 



wii-kwa'kwokwotEs, he is striking it all the time. 

 kwa'kwokwot-tcuQ 1 keep on strilcing it ! 



All iterative or prolonged action is uniformly expressed by reduplication as 

 above. 



Deprecative Forms. 



au'a-tcuQ kwii'kwot-OQ, please don't strike it. 



These forms differ from the negatixe indicative forms only in sound. The final 

 a of tlio negative is drawn out in a beseeching tone in the deprecative forms. 



Reciprocal Forms. 



ne-tst-kwa'kwot-al, we sti'uck each other, 

 ne-tcap-kwa'kwot-al, you „ „ 



Infinitive Forms. 

 kwa'kwot, to strike ; ne=kwa'kwot, to have struck: 



Participles. 

 kwa'kwOkffotj striking ; gerund, skwa'kwot. 



The stem of this verb is /wmJw or 7i;w«Zie. The termination -ot or -vi or at is a 

 fofmalive element. It is suffixed to the stem of any active verb wlien the ' it ' is an 

 Indefinite object. It is the indeterminative of action. It rn.ay be replaced by m'lq 

 or vuo, the determinative of action; Thus, nc-tsEn-Iiwd' hv'nfiq, I struck it. When 

 nvfj is suffixed the ' it ' always relates to a known, determined object. 



Passive Voice. 

 kwakQ, struck. 



