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It seems to me that the suffix t is that of the ablative without 

 the local element ^t' (§ 12): 



Mo'do-t' sitting, or from sitting. 



§ 116. The suffix lie with the verbal base expresses an ac- 

 tion preceding the one expressed by the predicate, lie is ap- 

 parently nothing but the instrumentative case le (see § 12); but 

 I always heard a sound of double / in verbal adverbs. This 

 form is in most cases combined with the possessive element de 

 or do (see § 12): 



Met e'ye d-delle nu'vio-yekli'n I, a bow having made, went hunt- 



xo'nje ing. 



Mef" moda! -delle itio'go i'gdd \, having sat down, a cap began to 



sew. 



§ 1 1 7. If the verbal adverb expresses an action of another 

 person (not of the subject), but taking place simultaneously with 

 the action of the subject, it is then derived from the forms of 

 the definite conjugation (see § 82) together with locative suf- 

 fixes. The suffix ge is used for the first and second person, 

 singular number ; dege, for the third person, both numbers ; and 

 hike, for the first and second person, plural number. For in- 

 stance : 



Met yii'ol-ge 









while I looked. 



Tet yu' ol-ge 









while thou looked. 



Tu'del yu'o-dege 









while he looked. 



Mii yu'oluke 









while we looked. 



Tit yti oluke 









while you looked. 



Ti' tel yu 'ohi- dege 









while they looked. 



Mit yu' oluke tu'del 



am 



-'le I 



'gdem 



while we looked (in our looking), 

 he was fishing. 



Ti'tel ai yo'ndonide 



'ge 



mit 



anil 



while they were still asleep we were 



t'dgei 









catching fish. 



The Adverb. 

 § 1 18. The following are some of the adverbs of time 



xani'n when. ti'ne lately. 



xani'nde sometimes. cugo'n soon. 



