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Show 274 Compare construction with the Choctaw: NEZ PERCYS. 1, naks 1, achupa 2, lapit 2, tuklo 3, mitat 3, tuchina 4, pilapt 4, ushta 5, pahat 5, tahlapi 6, wilaks 6, hanali 7, winapt 7, untuklo 8, wimutut 8, untuchina 9, kuis 9, chakali 10, putimt I 10, pokoli As in Nez Percys, I and n are interchangeable. NEZ PERCYS. 6 is winaks, or wi 1 7 is wilapit, or wi 2 8 is wimitat, or wi 3 CHOCTAW. CHOCTAW. untuklo un, 2 untuchina un, 3 Kote. Does it not indicate that five was the original basis of numbers, as ten now is, and that counting was done on the fingers of one hand ouiy f NOTE.- Many adjectives are double words; as- Khts- kuts little pilei- pilei foolish tsimuh- tsimuh black kaih- kaih ilp- ilp white red NOTE.- The language is not affluent in adjectives, as, for instance, bitter or sour, they use the same word they do for sweet. VERBS. Verbs usually end in ska or tea, having the corresponding plurals ending in shih or tsih. The verb to be is an exception to this rule; as- wash imwash hiwash num washi ima washi ima hiwashih waka hiwaka kusha, to go, kusha hikusha kushih hikushih hushaka hikushaka kushiaka hikushiaka kushana hikushana kushina I am thou art he she or it is we are ye are they are I was he was is thus conjugated I go he goes we go they go I went he went we went they went I have gone he has gone we have gone hiushih witsatatasha hiwitsatatasha hiwitsatatashih witsatatashaka keh waku keh huitsaya .: hikushina kutatasha hikutatasha kutatashih hikutatashih kutatashaka hikutatasbaka kutatashiaka hikutatashiaka they were I shall be he shall be they shall be I should have been if l am if he is they have'gone 1 will go he will go we will go they will go 1 would hare gone he would have gone we would have gone they would have gone |