ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA.

RELATIVE.

The use of the relative form will become clear from the following example :

I say (1) so (2), who I am (8) shaman (4).
mamah (1) ted (2) yak*kas(3 )ucta'k: yu).

ist person singular, yak:h'ds. Ist person plural, yak-h ine.
Ind. 25, ris yak klik. ao iN iar » — - Yak he" so.
Srd-s",, . yak kre't. STQ 5, » yak ké'itatl.
Past, yak ith as. Future, yak-aktik-as or yaka'ktlo.

There are other variations of this form:
what a shaman (2) I am (1)! h-oaye's (1) acta’ ktyt (2) }

which is inflected in the same way.
I believe the following form must be classed here also:

I know (1) that thou art (2) a shaman (3), kama'tamah(1)ané'h (2) ucta'k yw.

This form is inflected as follows:

1st person singular, ané’s. Ist person plural, and’ne.
DHA 453 as ane’. Mares %s 5, ane’ so.
SEQ te 4; - ane’. Srdeawes »  ané'tatl.

The personal pronoun mentioned on p. 118 is evidently derived from the same stem.

INTERROGATIVE.
sick, té/itl
Ist person singular, ¢2’itlhas. Ist person plural, ¢é’itdhené.

0) 06 bi deci 3 te'itlhak. Ina =;; - té'itlhaso.
SIGic. 5 2 té'itlha. STG. 5s » te itlhaatl.
PASSIVE.
to shake, hi/scitl.

Present.
Ist person singular, hisciata’h. 1st person plural, hisciati’ne.
Indi =s,, = hisciaté' its. 2nGe = -,, 5  hisciatée'itsd.
Brae. a hi'sciatma. Sls: ,  hisciatmaa'tl.
Imperfect : hiscianitah.
Perfect : hisciztlatah.
Future : hiscitlak latah.

Fut. exact.: hiscitlak:tlanitah.
Conditional: hisciatosah (according to Rev. Father Verbeck)
Subjunctive : hisciatlis ( 9 » s9 )

The Verb of the Tlad’kath Dialect according to Bishop J. N. Lemmens.
INDICATIVE.

to kill, k-a’qsap.
er
—_ Present | Imperfect | Perfect

eee ee Sa ee ae

hagsaps or keagsapsic | hkagsamits or k-agsapints k:agsapatls or

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| kragsapatlsic|
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Ist per. sing.

TI Lea aa h:agsapitsk haqsamititskor hagsapintitsh |
ord. ©; ~ h-agsapte hk-aqgsapintic
Ist ,, plur.| kagsapnic hraqsaminiec
DG 45 55 k-agsapitsoc hkagsapintitsoc

Ford 3, | Ragqsap(akayjie hagsapintic

ge oe dee ST re

EDN a AE ees