604 KEPOET— 1892. 



iNTEEEOGATIVE. 



The interrogative form of the verb is made up of the particle Mn (you) and the 

 radical of the verb, with tense-signs : — 



hineh ? = do you eat 1 



kintsQci'tlck ? = do you want to eat ? Will you eat ? 



IdnliuItVul 1 = do you think ? 



Mn akOwitl ? = do j'ou dance ? 



Mn e'tla ? = do you cry ? 



Mntsi'tQa'ndj)l' = 'wonl(\ you bite me? 



Mn I'ne Ki'tunWoa ? = are you a Kootenay 1 



The inflection of the voice, as in English, indicates that a question is being asked, 

 thus : — 



I'ne si'nd aqli'u'tdtls ? = \s it beaver-grease ? 

 I'ne Pol a'qkltld'is? = \s, it Paul's house? 



Negative. 



With verbs in the imperative the negative vidts is used : — 



mats itM'nin ! = don't do that I 

 mats i'M-tl = don't eat 1 



The particle Tfa is prefixed to the third person of the verb in the indicative mood, 

 and inserted between the personal pronoun and verb in the other persons. Thus : — 



]f& i'ne si'nd = it is not beaver. 



Jed o'jjQane sM'nMts = he does not see the coyote. 



k'd tdqd"na = \t is not raining much. 



ho'kdO'pQane = I do not see. 



hokd'wasQu'mek = I do not sing. 



INCORPOKATION OF OBJECT. 



A peculiarity of Kootenay is the incorporation of noun-objects in the verb, thus : — 



hotstlu'tsk-dtlQu'nS — 1 take the bark ofE a tree (hsii]s. = dqMtskd'tl). 

 go'tsuMvd'tldmM'nmiih^l smooth down my hair with my hands {dqhd'tldmo'hM.Y). 

 hd'k'drm'mdtl — to cut open the belly {dqlw'wum = belly). 

 tlu'Ti'tsdtld'ine = he cuts o£E end of nose (d'qMnuk'tsd'tld = end of nose). 

 goKd'ntlih=l move my foot about (d'q?itlik = toot). 

 nd'tltldmM'ne = he takes [carries] the head in his hand. 

 mdnku'tldmM'ne = he shakes the head in his hand. 



Following are examples of the incorporation of the object pronoun in the verb : — 



Mtsi'taani'sine = I bite you (liu-ts-itQa-n-is-i-ne). Eadical is i'taa, ' bite.' 



/ hite you 



M'ntSQdtlho'tlpdtlnd'pine^ you will honour me (Jiin-ts-Qdtl-tlpdtl-n-dp-i-ne) 



you Ixear me 



Radical is Jwtlpdtl, 'hear.' 



ts<id'tlipitK'si7ie = 'he will kill you (ts-Qdtl-ij/itl-is-i-nc). Radical is ipi'tl, ' kill.' 



7iill you 



hutSQdtlk'd'ntldtli'sine = I will strike you (jM-ts-Qdtl-Ti'dntldtl-is-i-ne). Radical is 



I strike you 



hdntldtl, ' strike.' 



nH'pQond'pine = he sees me (^n-fipaa-n-dp-i-ne). Radical is u'jxia, ' see.' 



see me 



hi nu'pQand' pine = thou seest me (hin-upQa-n-ap-i-nc). Radical is u'paa, ' see.' 



you see me 



hdnu'paani'sine =•= I see thee (Jw-n-upaa-n-is-i-ne'). Radical is u'paa, ' see.' 



I see you 



