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A When used immediately following the obj. ''per. pro.'', “me”, or , “us,” and a verb, it, together with the pronoun should be translated by “I am” and “we are” respectively; for thus is formed the 1st per. sing. and pl. of the passive voice to verbs. Thus:—, “I am struck;”, “we are struck.” But when or  are used before verbs made transitive by the addition of  they should be translated by “me” and “us.” Thus:—, “they feel anxiety about me” (lit: “I am being felt anxiety about”); , “they bark at us” (lit: “we are barked at”).

,, When followed by ,  represents the 1st. per. pl. pro. thus:—, “we three.” But it should also be remembered that under certain conditions may mean “they three.” Cfo. also with, “we two.” Literally translated  is, “we being three.” Syn: ; ; ; ; this latter sometimes being corrupted into .

,,  Sometimes  is used for the 1st per. sing. pro. “I.” As,, “I am a Tokapchi man.” , “I am that person’s younger sister.” Under certain conditions of context these illustrations might be translated in the 3rd person. Syn: .

,, Prefixed to , “to possess,” the 3rd per. pl. pro. “they” is formed. Thus, “the things they brought” is,. Such is the idiom but the words mean in fact, “having the things they came.”

,, By prefixing  to the verb , “to have,” the 1st per. pl. poss. pro. “our” is obtained. Thus:—, “our things.”, “our father.” But where there is no danger of ambiguity the may be dropped. As:—, “only think; they came from our home!” Syn: .

,, But when used with ,  sometimes represents the 1st per. sing.