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Negation. 



There are two disjunctive adverbs of negation, md'ets (or mats) and wa'aa. The 

 distinction between them seems to be this : wa'Qd is equivalent to the English ' no, not 

 that ; that is not right ; don't do tliat ' ; while vid'sts is used with pronouns and verbs 

 in tlie imperative, and also in cases where a contradiction and a correction is intended. 

 Following are examples : — 



Md'ts kd'min! Not I ! (i.e., someone else may do it). 

 Md'Etsithi'nin! Do not do it 1 

 Md'Ets lilo'ne, tlo'ne. Not hlu'ne but tlo'ne. 



Tcin nitllid md'sts uqTtukjJu'u. The iron [barrel of the gun] not the stock. 

 Kinu'was ? wa'Qd. Are you hungry ? No. 



Kdlie'ne tld' utld : 'iva'Qd!' 8aid the grizzly bear : ' Don't do that 1 ' 

 Kdlce'm i'nthlk : ' D'smik kd'min.' Kdhe'nc ald'nMts : ' iva'qd.' Said the chicken- 

 hawk : ' I [will go] first.' Said the coyote : ' No.' 



In conjugation and word formation the negative particles k'd, 'not,' and tUt, 

 ' without,' 'deprived of,' are employed. They are sometimes prefixes and at other 

 times infixes. Examples : — 



K-di'nB si'nd. It is not beaver. ho'hdi'ltine. I do not eat. 



Ito'Tfdd'paa/m. I do not see. ha'k-di'sinetld'ne. It is not my house. 



hdtU'ttdwu'te. I have no gun. 



Iwfli'stu dqktcd'mdtl. I have no knife. 



tli'ttlHl, blind (-tletl = eyes). 



tli'ttldtli'tit, unmarried man (tldtli'tit = married man). 



tlittsE'md'kd"ne, it is light {tsE'mdlid'nB = it is strong). 



The radical tlit is seen in tli'tliKm ' worthless.' 



There is still another particle, tlb (probably = ' none left ') used as follows : — 



ilu'iie ni'tlko. There is no money. tlo'ne Ha'psin. Nothing. 



tlo'ne. There is no ... . tlo Vd'i)sm. Nothing. 



tlo'sl, „ 



Conjunctions. 



Few conjunctions have as yet been determined. The equivalents of some English 

 conjunctions are : — 



^'j'/i!, and, more. Kd'min d'qM ni'nko. I and you. A' qld ni'nko. Yo\x too. 'And' 

 in the numerals is expressed by tld ; etu'wotldo'k7v5 (ten and one), eleven. 



K'd'jjsin, why. Kdo'pQane h'd'jysin tsi'tlep. He does not know why she is dead. 

 Pd'tlh, because. Pd'tlk'si'tlep. Because he was dead. 

 Nd'pet, if. Nd'iiet Mntsi'ndm. If you go. 



Interjections. 



But little was learnt regarding these words. A few are real interjections ; the 

 rest are parts of speech used interjectionally. 



Ud'E ! hd'E = aha I (expression of surprise.) 



(( / = Get out of the way (used to dogs). For human beings tlu'nu ! (go away !) 



is employed. 

 d'hd he'l ! Ah, that is good ! I like that. 

 ha'i I ! That is not good I I don't like that. 

 hd'l yu ! Hallo 1 That's strange ! 

 [lohu I Hurry up I (from English ?) 

 iim'Mk I Hold on 1 Not so fast 1 

 Ta'aas ! Stop I Enough I 



VERBS. 



The Veeb ' To Be.' 



The duties of the substantive verb appear to be performed to some extent by 

 Ine, -ine (-«e). Thus : — 



