530 kEPORT—1899. 
IMPERATIVE Moon. 
Quzta'ta, love thou; Quztato'za, love you; 
Quztea'ma, love thou me. 
Quztcamo’za, love you me. 
POTENTIAL PASSIVE. 
{ haquatce'manac, I may be loved. 
Singular. } haguztci’toc, thou mayest be loved. 
| hagquzsta'moc, he may be loved. 
haquzsté'toc, we may be loved. 
Plural. ; haquzsto'imato’c, ye may be loved. 
haquzti’/gsatamo’c, they may be loved. 
In verbs formed from nouns or adjectives the imperative inflection is -sta; as, 
tcimi’matsta, ‘cut it in little pieces, more literally, ‘little it ;’ tzdzo’itsta, cut it in 
big pieces ; mucmucéd'ksta, ‘ bring four pieces of wood at a time. ’ Tn each of these 
expressions the only verbal element is the sign of the imperative -sta. 
The following are examples of the incorporated pronoun object, with the excep- 
tion in the third person singular, as mentioned above :— 
Quztci’n, I love thee. 
Quzto'imEn, I iove you. 
Quztci’t, we love thee. 
Quzti’estcatc, they love thee. 
Quzti’gsna, I love them. 
Quzti’gsniiq, thou lovest them. 
Quzta/c tcincod’st, he loves them. 
Quztca’mq, thou lovest me. 
Quztca/ms, he loves me. 
Quzté'c, he loves us. 
Quztana tcini'tl, I love him. 
guztau'gq tcini'tl, thou lovest him. 
quzta's tcini’tl, he loves him. 
Quztci'c, he loves thee. 
Quzto'imEc, he loves you. 
Quzto'imat, we love you. 
(2) they love you. 
Quzti’gscti'tim, we love them. 
Quzti'gscenu’q you love them. 
Quzti/gs tcinco’st, they love them. 
Quztcé’ip, you love me. 
Quzti'gscatcams, they love me. 
tlatla’ huzté'ic, they love us. 
Quzta'm tcini’tl, we love him. 
Quzta'p tcini'tl, you love him. 
Quzti’gs teini’tl, they love him. 
PREPOSITIONS AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES. 
The prepositional elements of the N’tlaka’pamug tongue vary with the construc- 
tion of the sentence. Some of these are: tla’kut, across; tutl, beyond; n’kpa’nik 
na, under. 
na, on. 
n, In. 
mitca’k'a na tEmu’q, sit on the ground, 
’n tla tci'tia, in the house. 
’n tla k-oa'koa, in the box. 
’n tlHn po/itEn, in the bed. 
na kod, on the water. | 
pa'kwata tsk-au’tl na ko, launch the boat on the water. 
tla’kut ko, across the river. 
na sqEnq, on a stone. 
n’kpa/nik na squng, under a stone. 
tlatlat na ko, near the water. 
MISCELLANEOUS PHRASES, &c. 
What are you eating? sta/adpinog ? 
Who will do this? cttatka ditci’tamos ? 
The sun is shining, ntEllric a skoa'koac. 
It is raining, ta/tEktl. 
Launch the canoe on the water, pa'kwata tsk-au’'t] na ko. 
And one of them accordingly went, atl tlo-asna’c ha papai’a. 
IT alone will possess the treasure, au! kwonaQEna aitl sni’ya. 
Alas! what a world is this! au ! kanum neka ha na’ hai’a! 
Long ago I saw him, tlena’Qunos awiktana tlEna’, 
