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 INTEODUCTION.

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��Possessive forms are —

��1st.

��Sing. — No-ku, his-ug, kana-ku, kona-gku, rahak, tio-ku, unyak ; Plu. — No-ra, isa-riti, kana-dro, kona-ra, otea, uja.

2nd. Sing. — No-m, liisa-m, kana-mo, kona-rai, raha-m, o un ; Plu. — No-iiim, isa-hamdi, kana-miu, kona-munu, ana, un-yimia.

Fijian Proxouns. Fijian pronouns are : —

Singular. Binal,

First.

I inchi. Koi-l--e -darn \ rxclu. Koi-keivsLV. inclu. I-ke-darvL exclu. /-keirau inclu. Kedaru exclu. Keirau

Second. Koi-ke-mu-dvaM /-ie-mudrau Kemudrau

Third. Koi-rniM I-rau ; drau

��Nom. — Kol-a-\v\

Poss. nku

Obj. — Au

Nom. — Ko-i-ko Poss. — -mu Obj. — Iko

��Ternal.

Koi-h-e-diAou

iToJ-keitou

/-i'e-datou

/-keitou

Kedatou

Keitou

Koi-he-mu-do\\

/-Z;e-mudou

Kemudou

��Plural.

Koi-ke-da.

A'oi-keimami

I-ke-da.

/-keimami

Keda

Keimami

iToi-kemuni

J-ke-ranni

Kemuni

��Nom. — Ko-koya Poss. — I-keya; -na Obj. — Koya.

��Kau

��A'o-iratou Ko-i-va.

I-ratou ; dratou I-ra ; dra I-ratou I-ra.

��t Those syllables which are printed in italics maj- be dropped off in succession for various uses of the pronouns.

Demonstratives ax^e : —

guo, ' this, these ' ; o koya o guo, (sing.) ' this ' ; o ira o guo, 'these.' O gori, 'that, those'; o koya o gori (sing.), 'that'; o ira o gori (plu.), 'those.'

Albannic Pronouns. In the Albannic (Tukiok) dialect, the pronouns are : — •

��Singular.

� �Binal.*

�Ternal.

�Plural.

�1st — lau, io, yo

�/ inclu. \ exclu.

�da-ra mi-ra

�da-tul mi-tul

�dat me-at

�2nd — U 01' ui

� �mvi-ru

�mu-tul

�mu-at

�3rd — la or i

� �dia-ra

�di-tul

�di-at

��This is a long list, and yet it may be useful, as showing how- great a variety there is in the pronominal forms of the Australian and Melanesian languages. But these forms, if subjected to analysis and comparison, will be found to resolve themselves into a few simple elements. In examining the Australian pronouns now given, we must bear in mind that they are subject to some


 * I lyreiev Binal and Ternal, because they signify 'two (three) each time.'

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