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 OF SUBSTANTIVE PRONOUNS.

the third person, in treating of which, we shall explain the peculiar manner in which it is marked.

The substantive pronouns, like the substantive nouns, may be said to have properly only three cases; viz. the nominative, the inflexion, and the accusative ; but they are here declined according to the arrangement adopted in the declension of the nouns. The vocative case is wanting in all the Teloogoo pronouns.

The genitive or possessive case, without "c5fco^_,is likewise the inflexion, which, with the addition of the postpositions, forms the different compound, cases. The inflexions of the pronouns are of course included in the class termed "sfeA) kululoo, while the accusative cases belong to the (&> S$&j^^&>vddroo~ tuprukrmtoolco ; but, in addition to this general distinction, it will be observed, that the pronouns of the two first persons have the inflexion entirely different from the accusative.

251 N G D Ace. . Singular. .of me to me or me Plural. We ........... of us J S5cn>o .............................. to us or us n us. Ab "ST" -er*. --co .&* i n e. me

Men of rank, speaking of themselves, generally use the plural ~&>S&o We, 252 for the singular ~j;& / : indeed, arrogance often induces inferior natives to apply the plural to themselves ; but this is understood to be very improper when they address a superior. The Ratsawars and Velrnawars in the Northern Circars, a bold warlike race of men, scarcely ever deign to speak of themselves in the singular number ; even to a Bramin, their acknowledged superior in cast.

In the superior dialect, <*><& and oi^bo are sometimes used for &> and Singular. N. . D-. . feSo Ace. . .>&> or

Plural. if*. -_ VL .. thou . . of thee . >to thee . . thee -in Sec. thee 253 254 you - &j-cs&>=5' of you or 4 to you . you in you