Klallam Grammar

45.2. Exercises

45.2A. Translate the following into English and identify the agents, patients, and beneficiaries in each of these sentences.
1. yaʔsít caʔn ʔaʔ cə sʔíɬəns.6. k̓ʷssít či cə ʔən̓tán ʔaʔ cə sə́miʔ.
2. čaʔčsíc u cxʷ.7. x̣iʔəsít caʔn cə nəcə́t.
3. ʔəx̣taʔsítəŋ st ʔaʔ cə snə́xʷɬɬ.8. kʷčaŋəsít u cxʷ.
4. k̓ʷənsíts cə nəsčáʔčaʔ ʔaʔ cə ʔáʔyəŋ.9. xʷəyəmsícəŋ yaʔ cxʷ ʔaʔ cə nəsnə́xʷɬ.
5. takʷsít yaʔ cn cə nəŋə́naʔ ʔaʔ cə ƛ̓ə́qšən.10. qəm̓sítəŋ yaʔ cn ʔaʔ či saplín.

45.2B. Translate each of these sentences into nəxʷsƛ̓ay̓əmúcən.
1. Did you get the bed ready for him?
2. What are you going to buy for me?    (See §12.2)
3. I’ll look at the dog for you.
4. My father wrote to me.
5. I made the canoe for you folks.

45.2C. Make up four new sentences using ‑sít verbs.
 

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