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<DIV>Crow has a rather peculiar verb dee that indicates that something unusual
or unexpected will occur in the following clause. I call it the
'mirative'. 'Lo and behold' would be a good translation; I sometimes
translate it 'and what do you know!' or 'to his surprise'. Latin
'mirabile dictu' would work also. Dee is suffixed to the preceding verb
and agrees with it in person and number, so it is more than a discourse
connective. It is always followed by the switch-subject marker -m, as it
requires a different subject in the following clause. This seems
similar to what is being described for yuNkhaN. I often wondered if other
Siouan languages had anything like dee.</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy</DIV>
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