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2. re, Se

RES

132 REPORT— 1890.

Augmentatives are formed by a similar process :
stone, seane. large stone, sezea'na.

There are various classes of numerals:

Days

— | Counting | Men Round, flat objects

1 | NERO nuk uda'tl nuk o'tl nuk askt

2 | sEsa' la tiksa' ha sil’a'tl silaskt
3 ketla’s | tiketla's = kilaskt |
4 | mos | tmo’sEMES | Pans musaskt |
5 |. tstlkst thtsi'ltsikst | — —

6 thmdkst

thma!k:makst | Ls =

The numerals may be composed with any nominal affix :

1 head, nuk'’d’s.
1 hand, nuk’a' kt.
1 water, exnuk’a'thua.

1 piece of clothing, nuk'a'luk s.
1 tooth, enuwk da'ns.
1 road, enuk'a'us.

&c.
the first, etak's.
the second, Azkat ne etak's =next to first.
the third, kikat ne skemd'os =next to middle.
the fourth, kikat ne sketla's =next to three.

once, 2ESQEta' ks.
twice, nEsEsa' les.

three times, nxeskitld’sts.
four times, nEsmd'sts.

PERSONAL PRONOUN.

I, antsd'wa.
thou, anu'é
he, she, nwé’s.

POSSESSIVE
my house, résita.
thy house, ratsite.
his house, fs7t@s.

we, inclusive, wt/nué'kt.
we, exclusive, utlnué'eskua.
you, utlnué’emp.

they, utlawée'es.

PRONOUN.

our (inclusive) house, ¢sitet.
our (exclusive) house, tsi/eskuq.
your house, tsifeump.

their house, tsi’tsites.

In some cases the initial » of the second person singular is omitted.

it is ours (inclusive), sd’tenkt.

it is ours (exclusive), sd’tenskuq.
it is yours, sdtenn'mp.

it is theirs, sé’trens.

it is mine, ntsdtsrva.
it is thine, asd’ten.
it is his, sd’tens.

The verb is generally inflected by the means of auxiliary verbs, which express
the tenses with great nicety.

I am a Kamloops, sthamlo'psemgk én.

thou art ,, . sthamlo' psemgk.

he is ee i sthamlo' psemgk.

we (inclusive) are Stkamlopsemq, sthamlo’'psem@ght.
we (exclusive) x 5 sthamld' psemghue.
you Bi ~ sthamlo' psemgkp.
they 5 ~ sthamld' psemgk.

In the plural the verb takes generally its plural form:
Tam sick, kyeaphén you are sick, kyekya'phkp.
Statements are generally made in a mild, dubitative form. Instead of, he is
sick, kyéa'p, one says, hyca'pnuk, I think he is sick.
to eat, é'tlun.

Perfect: mx @'tlenkén, I have eaten.

Imperfect: daqa é'tlenuan, I was eating.

Future: ma é'tlenkén, lam going to eat,