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 ��AN AUSTRALIAX LANGUAGE,

��6. Peokouns.

(a.) Personal Pronouns.

The personal pronouns have two forms in the nominative, the accusative, and the causative (Abh 1) cases, as shown in the para- digm below ; the second form is used ordy as an affix to nouns, or in rapid speaking. The third })ronoua is of all genders.

Paradigm of the Declension of the Personal Pronouns.

�� � �1st.

�2nd.

�3rd.

�17 om Gen. Dat.

Ace. Voc. AU.

�1.

1. 6,

�Gape, ap Gan-auwe* , Gan-amby , Gan-agk Gan, an

�Ginte, inde, ind Gum-auwe Gum-amby Gum-agk Gum, um Ginta, inda Ginte, inde Gum-any ir

�Kitye, itye, atye

Ivin-auwe

Kin-amby

Kin-agk

Kin, in, ityanian

�Gaty, attyt , Gan-anyir

�Kil, il

Kin-anyir

1st.

�-Dual

2nd.

�3rd.

�Norfi Gen. Dat.

Ace. Voc. All

�1.

2.

1.

6.

�Gel, agel Lam-auwe* Lam-amby Lam-agk Lam, alam

�Gurl, ugurl Lom auwe Lom-amby Lom-agk Lom, olom Gurla, ula Gurl, ugurl Lom-anyir

�Kegk, egk Keggun-auwe Keggun-amby Keggun-agk Keg-gun, eg-gim

�Gel, agelt Lam-anyir

�Kegk, egk Keggun-anyir

� � � �Plural

� � �1st.

�2nd.

�3rd.

�Nom.

Gen.

Dat.

Ace. Voc. All.

�1.

2.

1. 6.

�Gum, arn Nam-auwe* Nam-amby Nam-agk Nam, anam

�Gun, ugiin Nom-auwe Nom-amby Nom-agk Nom, onom Guna, una Gun, ugun Nom-anyir

�Kar, ar Kan-auwe Kan-amby Kan-agk Kan, an

�Gui-n, arnf Nam-anyir

�Kar, ar Kan-anyir

�*A variant for the geniti

�re form in -auwe

�is -auwurle.

��+ This is the case which our author calls the Cavmthr-Ahlatlve ; I have entered it in the paradigms as Ahl. 1. ; it is equivalent to Threlkeld's A tjent-Komi native (Xom. 2), for which see page 11. — Ed.

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