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is also used as a demonstrative “ this, tliese ” ; and with the suffix ski, 
as nóJca-shi, “ that, tliose.” 
13. The interrogative partióles are ta (ti, te, tai) and ski (si, se), 
e.g. Ta tille ? What is the ñame of ? Ski naitich ? What art ilion 
doing ? Skiosi ? What ? Ta thlok ski? Wliere l Ta non ? When '! 
Ta thlai yaash ? How many ? 
14. The partióle po (pa) denotes possession as in Choroti, but the 
positive is more usually expressed with llilecheiie (there is or there are) 
hke the Vejoz iche ; or with Kaha : 
Thlechehe wákya, there are cattle ; Kaha tashinshatas, there are sheep. 
But with the negative partióle am or an the partióle pa is often 
subjoined, e.g. ám, no, it is not ; ám-pa, none, no more ; áni-pa tata, 
I have no father ; ám p- inata or ámpa p- inata, there is no water ; 
ámpa chákfa or an-thla-pa chákfa, he has no wife. 
15. The general negative of adjectives and verbs is n ; lst pers. 
na, the other persons ni or nin, e.g. : 
Na-ioan, I do not seo ; ni-wan, he does not seo ; niu-tun, 
not hard, soft ; ni-yame, thou hast not reached. 
10. Some of the adjectives appear to be absol ute lacking the pos- 
sessive or verbal partióles, e.g. akloj, many ; yuk, red ; Uní, white ; 
tan, hard. 
For tliose that are inílected the following partióles are used : 
lst p. sing. s or ts 
2nd p. sing. n 
3rd p. sing. y or i 
lst p. pl. ka-s or ka-ts 
2nd p. pl. n 
3rd p. pl. y or i 
PE, satiated, full. 
lst p. sing. tsa-pe 
2nd p. sing. na-pe 
3rd p. sing. ya-pe 
lst p. pl. ka-tsu-pe 
2nd p. pl. na-pe 
3rd p. pl. ya-pe 
IP-CHUN (ipkiin), hungry 
si-ipchun, I am 
nu-ipchun , thou art 
yi-ipchun (e-ipchun or i-ipchun), he is 
ka-si-ipchun, we are 
nu-ipchun, ye are 
yi-ipchun, they are 
The adjectives are modified for comparison with the partióle shi, 
e.g. yuk-shi, somewhat red ; lim-shi, somewhat, slightly white. 
17. The numeráis are ; 
1. wethla 
2. nepa 
3. puhyana 
4. yichat-huth 
5. wethla nofuis 
0. wethla yama 
7. y amasia nokai y ame 
8. puhyana yama 
9. yichat-huth yama 
10. yamana akloj 
