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Reciprocal Pronouns.

Gatoa-bo, 'I myself; gintoa-bo, 'thou thyself ; uiu-n'oa- bo, 'he himself; bali-bo, ' our two selves,' and so ou. The ho here attached is merely an intensive particle.

Possessive Pronouns.

These are the genitive cases of the personal pronouns, and are used thus : — e mmoumba ta, ' mine it is ' ; u n n i t a e m- moumba kokera, ' this is my house' ; unnoa ta giroumba, 'that is thine'; tararan giroumba korien, ' it is not thine,' lit., 'not thine not,' for the idiom of the language requires two negatives here.

Indefinite Pronouns.

Titurrabul, 'some one,' ' some person or persons', is declined like the fourth declension of nouns ; tarai, ' other,' like the second declension.

Absolute Pronouns.

Ta, 'it is,' from the substantive verb ; tar a, 'they are,' is of the fifth declension; unni tara, 'these are they which,' as a sub- ject ; gali taro, 'these are they wdiich,' as agents ; yantin, 'all,' 'the whole,' is of the second declension; yantin-to, 'all who,' as agents ; wakallo, 'one only,' as an agent.

Interrogative Pronouns.

The interrogative pronouns are, — gan, 'who? '; min {neut), 'which? what?'; won, 'where?'; ya-koai, 'how? in what man- ner? ' ; ya-kounta, ' wdien? at what time ? '

��EXAMPLES OF THE PARTICLES USED AS AFFIXES TO THE IXTEimOGATICES.

��The Interrogative, Gan-? who ?

2iom. I Gan-ke? who is ?

2 G a n - 1 o ? who is the agent ? Gen. Gan- limb a? wdiose? Dat. 1 Gan-nug? for whom ? — to possess or use.

2 Gan-kin-ko? to whom ? — towards whom ? Ace. G a n - n li g ? whom ? or who is the object ?

Voc.

All. 1 G a n- k a i ? from whom ? on account of whom ?

2 Gan-kin-birug? from, away from whom ?

3 G a n - k a t a ? in company with whom ?

•1 Gau-kin-ba? with whom? remaining with wLom?

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