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 82 TELOOGOO GRAMMAR.

276 This peculiarity in the use of the pronouns of the third person, has given rise to the reflective pronoun IF'So, which is the same for all genders, and is always used with reference to some nominative of the third person preceding it.

Singular. N '. er'jfc he, she, or it. G li#-lf#9blf:i of him, her, or it. D &?5o t j l i nii ^r, or it. Ace. &&* ortfffc^ him, her, or it. Ab ^....erS-ll^^.. i n fa. him, her, or it. Plural jq 1 15" e 5b or "ST*s5bo O r &S5bSo they. of them. to them. Ace... es$cor &>x>, them. Ab #35b....er* - "tf- S*.... i n S$c. them.

we say ^c&5tf#o.^iT*>-S^-sr>c2& Ae cime with his (own) father. ?5oooo&3l c?T* ( ^ W "^T C C-UJ T) rfirf Ae ^o to /'. (oit'w) house?

277 The pronoun <&?*> commonly written oSoSo, what? is defective: its inflexion is &Rto*>fy or >3, but it is seldom used, except in the nominative or dative case ; thus, nom. sing. iX>, what? dat. sing. oO&Sl, or <6So63, ^ or for what ? why ?

278 The words ^c^-efo^-^o^when standing alone, are not to be considered pronouns, but adverbs, respectively denoting in this place, in that place, and in what place ? but when the postpositions & - er* - "^<& - $& - S'o'eb.^ and a few others, are affixed to them, they are indeclinable pronouns, res- pectively denoting this, that, what ? as ^o2&er* in this, &Q&'$& by that, what? wherefore.?