CL-INIT tense-aspect marker. near to the present, either past or future; already; about to; then; when
Łat 'Lii mag̱adit Meli txadzemsk da la̱x stuub. Mary has already put the boiled fish on the stove.
Ła dm sit'aa'mim. Wayi, ła dm sit'aa'mim. We're about to begin. Okay, we're going to start.
ła'ap wil 'wiileeksa daaw as soon as there was a lot of ice
"Wayi, dziłan sm 'waasga na ts'uwaanga," dayag̱at, "dm dawil hawn, inta bila̱x, inta bila̱x," 'Well, when I reach the very top,' he said, then you say, 'moss bag, moss bag,'
'nii dzaba gyeda gwii ławil aksyaagwa gooym, dm 'maga hadanii. that's what those people did, at the beginning of spring, catch blackcod.
Nag̱ats'aaẅ gyeda akadi, ła'ap k'üül nwil 'makt, Some of the people didn't, it was just the one time when they caught fish,
Ap'axdi a dzi łan txal 'waasga nooyu, dzi ła gyisi yaayi a ndzn g̱ooł awaat, ada ndm gabu nawüneeyat, ada dm ts'aayu.
Gyidi haytg'nu łan 'nax'nuu ḵ'o'osg̱an. I stopped when I heard the woodpecker.
Sm hits'ii'nu da wil di hałelst... 'Aap'axdut Kerri łan hi niist. When I first went in where he was working…
Sta baat Kayla łan huutgat. Kayla kept on running when I called her.