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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.
 
Randy
 
 



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