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his, —s. their, —é.
my grandfather, ndz"i’tsxp a.
our grandfather, dz'i'tsepatlhatl.

INTRANSITIVE VERB.

Tam a European (ca’ma), ca'matlkan. we are Europeans, ¢cd’maatlhatl.
thou art ie ca'matlkaug. you s ca'matlka’ lap.
he is a ca’ maate. they ee ca’manit,

The verb is in many cases inflected by means of auxiliary verbs:

I am eating, wantlkdn @'tlen (é'tlin, to eat).

I am just sitting down to eat, @’tlentlkan.

I have eaten, pelda'ntlkan to wa é'tlen.

I was just going to eat, ha'itikan ci'na é'tlen.

I was eating (i.e, when you came), é’ra an e'tlen.

TRANSITIVE VERB.

Subject.

ane & Soe ee Biases :
| | Singular
| Object Se Mees
| Ist person | 2nd person 3rd person
| Ist person singular . — | —cha' ue —cac

2nd ss 5 | —citlkan | = -——' hac

3rd aS Speers —hkan -—kadueg —Aas
| Ist o eplural —- | — omotlkdue —to'motlas
| 2nd 3 e : —O'motlkan | oo —tamda'lapas
| 3rd be ‘ | —danitlkan —dwitha' ue (?)
| ! i

Plural

Object peconomeeshisieanaceteceetinen Teen MeMe Cie
| Ist person | 2nd person 3rd person

1st person singular . | — —cha'lap —calitas
| 2nd 4s ee, | —cim — —ci'hasuit
| 3rd 3 * aa —EM | —ka'lap -é'tas
| Ist 5,  plutal | —— = b'motlha'lap —d'molitas
2nd :; s —temtlka'lap | — —tamalapa' suit
3rd . ee —ta'nemuit | ka’ lapuit (?)

It is of great interest to see that whenever the verb is inflected with an auxiliary

verb, the latter takes the endings of the intransitive verb, while the transitive verb
retains the incorporated object. This is the case also in the dialects of the coast,
and in Shushwap, but I have not given a paradigm, as | have no complete set of

forms in the other dialects.

Subject,

|

Object piece ieee a es

Ist person
lst person singular . —

| 2nd ,, mS : Sal —cin

| Bra 4; 2 ‘ ‘ial as

| 1st » plural ‘ ; ni
29nd = os —tomotl
3rd ce 2 : ay __ Suit

Singular and Plural

2nd person

—tomotl

—uit

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