ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA.

These forms are treated exactly as the intransitive verb :

Z see you, lailemaca'ma-tsEn (p’a),
or (n)é'tsE(n)(p’a) laleEmaca’ma.
ZT shall sce you, lalkmaca'ma-tsEn-tsE(p’a) &c.

IMPERATIVE.
Singular: write! qa‘lEm-tla !
Plural: write! qalEmé’-tla!
The imperative is frequently circumscribed by: ¢# is good that you—, ai—.
take care! ai ku sia !
take pity upon me! aiCp'a) kuns tsQui’/meEcama !
The indicative is frequently used instead of the imperative.
Dont go! (plural) au’atsEp nim (verbatim, you do not go).

Shushwap.

The principal peculiarities of the Shushwap are the occurrences of an exclusive
and inclusive form of the plural and the great frequency of irregular plurals.

The distributive form of the noun is formed by amplification of the stem, generally
by reduplication. Irregular distributives of nouns are rare. Plurals of adjectives
and verbs are formed in the same way. In the latter the plural is frequently derived
from a separate stem :

boy, time’ ué. distributive, tatwvé' ut.

country, ZEME'R. _ temtemée'e.

dog, sk'a'qa. : skaqk a' qa.

head, sha'pk En. = sk Epka' pqen.

house, tsite. Me tsttst'te.

man, sk-a'lumue. is sk: lk elemue.

old man, stl@a'am. ie stegtigd’am.

old woman, Greta. 5) Gigie ia.

woman, 2O' GOnugq. 9 nogno' qonuUqe

bad, Rést. ss hy uskést.

good, la. 59 lula’.

strong, rural, as rilrilra'l.

old, ka’ wulq. EN huka'wulq.

to come, stl aq. plural, stztla‘g.

to dance, k-oié'le. a hot 0712’.

to go, k-utsa'ts. : h-utsd'ats.

to run (animal), nog. af no'qnog.

to sing, sitsé'nEM. ee stsitsé’nEM.

to stand, stsild'ut. ‘iy stsistsila’ ut.
Irregular plurals :

small, kwié'esa. “s fsitsitsEma’ Et.

to ery, ts’om. s koa’ kt.

to laugh, 6lé'lem. = qoigoa'yos,

to run (man), na'nuld. Fe toa'na.

to sit (v.a.), amo't. a tla'kerla.

to sit (v.n.), mot. 5 tstd’m.

to return, tstra’p. a tskitse.

to sleep, peElé't. 35 QEmMka' ut.

to speak, hoto't. . kod’ les.

to walk, hond' tem. sa Qusia't.

There is no indication of the existence of a gender.

Diminutives are formed by amplifications of the stem :

distributive, euedutzem.
es evegd' 2qutem.
small lake, papsi't hua.

girl, ed'utzm.

little girl, eued'qutzm.

lake, pasi'tlkua,
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