ON THE NORTH-WESTERN TRIBES OF CANADA. 133

TRANSITIVE VERB.

Subject.
| Singular |
| Object |
| | Ist person | 2nd person 3rd person |
_ Ist person singular . | — | —tsda'tSEMuUe —tsa'tsEms
and. 4; o aya) | a | —tsés
"Bigs aingees » + | —ta'ten nué’s | —tig E| —tiis
Ist plan. incl. | ae —ta'lns
RS 5, y. excl. | a —ta'qkuq | —ta' skuq
2nd ..,; a ; | —to'lemEn oo —to'lims
BEG os ss eo | —ti'ten uti nuée's —tag utl nué's | —
Plural
Object Ce
| Ist per. incl. Ist per. excl. 2nd person | 3rd person
Ist person singular | — — | —tsd/tsilp | —tsd'tsems
mer... core gaieed| -—— —tsé't | = | —tsés
3rd e “i , | —tdm nué's | —ta'mkug nué's | —tdp | —tds
Ist so qolitine. Teerel — — o | —té'les
ict 2 excl: || = = = | —ta'skuq |
TDK etal po aaa | — —ti'limt —ta' pkugq | —to'lums |
ili 4 OS | oa —tsit —tip | — |
Stla'tlumu.

The noun has no separate forms for singular and plural. The distributive is
formed by reduplication of the stem; the diminutive and augmentative are also
amplifications of the stem. There is no gender.

The numeral has several classes. In counting men the numeral is reduplicated.
In counting animated beings it is amplified in another way. It may be compounded
with any of the innumerable affixes.

ase Counting Men | Animate |
sey ie : eo ees Wad a ees te DEI Ae APG sb ae if |

] pela pa'prtlaa pe'peEla

2 U'NUEC ENG'NUEC a'anwec

3 kautla'c | kkd'actla'¢ _- kaatle'ls

4 qoo'tein qoq o'tcin qo'otcin |
5 tez'likst | te? licilikst | tet'teilikst |
6 tVa'k embkist | tlak:e tlk:a'mkist | tVa'tlk:amk:st

7 tcitlaka | teutltclaka'a | tei'tclaka

1 canoe, pa'lélutt?. 1 fire, pa'lékup.

1 house, pa'lalte. 1 day, pal’ask é'it.
l trie, pa'Taluk:. 1 stone, pa'lalte.
1 water, pala'tk oa. 1 dollar, pa’ Vica,
1 country, palo'lmve. ke.

Personal pronouns are :

I, crintea. we, nucné’mutl.
thou, snd'a. you, srdla'p.
he, ené'itl. they, wuené'itl.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUN.

my, 2— our, —tlkatl.
thy, —sua,. your, —lap