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110 :Kuani e omap ash, “I love you” (singular). When construed with passive verbs, the second person takes the substantive verb an after the verb; e.g.:—
 * E omap an, “you are loved.”
 * Echi kara an, “ye are made.”

The third person has as a rule no special forms for the objective case; but a the passive particle is sometimes used as an objective of the 3rd person, thus:—
 * Tan utara or shinnma utara a-kik nangoro, “they will probably be struck.”
 * Nei ainu a-ronnu wa isam, “those men have been killed.”
 * Set akara? “shall I prepare the table”?

Postpositions sometimes take the objective case of pronouns, and sometimes the full form; e.g.:—
 * En orowa omam, “he went from me.”
 * Un osh ek, “come behind us.”
 * Eani orowa no arapa guru, “the person who went after you.”

§ III. THE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.

The possessive forms of pronouns are obtained by adding koro, sometimes softened into goro, to the personal pronoun. Koro means, “to possess;” e.g.:— The double form may be used; thus:— The following use of koro should also be noted. Heikachi koro, “to nurse a child.”