526 REPORT—1899. 
ORDINALS. 
first, ké'a. fourth, asmi’stc. seventh, astcu'lkaste. 
second, ascai’astc. . fifth, astci’kstc. eighth, aspiho’pstc. 
third, aska’tlastc. sixth, astlakama’kstc ninth, astE/mElpai’aste, 
tenth, aso’penakstc. 
ADVERBIAL NUMERALS. 
These are regularly formed by suffixing the particle atl; as, pai’atl, once; 
cai’atl, twice, &c. With regard to this suffix it is interesting to note that the same 
form is seen in the Kootanie in one of its three kinds of numeral adverbs; as, 
gokwé'ndtl, once ; gaska'tlétl, twice, &c. 
ADJECTIVES. 
The position of the adjective varies with the construction of the sentence. 
Commonly it precedes the word it qualifies, and is attached to it by a kind of 
article thus: 1/4 ¢ik ti'ot, a good boy. The place of this article is always between 
the substantive and its qualifier. It seems sometimes to perform also the function 
of a partitive article; as, kwonam’ata tz ko, bring me some water; Qoa’kskin tik 
sni/ya, I want some money. It must likewise always stand between a numeral and 
a substantive; as, pai’a tik tci’/tiQg, one house; cicai’a tik skai'akaiu’g, two men. 
It is probably the same particle as is seen in the Bilqula dialect under the form ti, 
though the functions of the two are not quite the same. 
In such a sentence as’ ‘ This house is good,’ the adjective commonly follows its 
noun ; as, qah’a tik tci/tiq i’a. 
Comparison of the adjective is effected in the following manner :— 
Positive Comparative Superlative 
tlikt, sweet tiwa tlikt, sweeter ki/atik tlikt, sweetest 
Qo'zEm, great Qo’zEm tiwa, greater ki/atik Q6’zEm, greatest 
The superlative form is simply the numeral adjective ‘ first’ joined to the positive 
by tik. This is the ordinary method of comparison, but the following phrases show 
that the comparative and superlative may sometimes be otherwise rendered: 
ohitca’hasi’as = ‘ better ;’ where o’hitca’ means ‘ more,’ ha(s) ‘ this,’ and i’a(s) ‘ good,’ 
and the whole compound is equivalent to our ‘ this one is more good;’ kwumkwumet 
tik ia, ‘ best,’ ‘very good.’ 
ADVERBS. 
The position of the adverb varies with its sense and the construction of the sen- 
tence in which it occurs, but the temporal adverb is invariably placed at the 
beginning of the sentence; as, tlakamz'g tlo hazQuztca'mogq, always, you have loved 
me; tlenagrends awikta'na tlana’, long ago I saw him. Speaking generally, the 
adverbial modifier will be found as a rule before the word it modifies, but there are 
many exceptions to this rule. 
VERBS. 
The N’tlaka’pamugq possess a verb of being. It enters largely into the composition 
of the other verbs in certain of their tenses. It is conjugated by means of suffixes 
and prefixes. It cannot be used independently, but must always take a comple- 
mentary noun or adjective before or after it. Severed from its complement it is 
conjugated as follows :— 
PRESENT TENSE. 
na’kin, I am. iia’k’t, we are. 
Singular } tiau’q, thou art. Plural 5 ia’k’p, you are. 
i1a’q, he or she is. ua'tzaq, they are. 
PAst INDEFINITE TENSE. 
This is formed by suffixing the particle ¢/wm to the present tense forms; as, 
takintlum, I was, &c. 
