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 194 A SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES. [iNTROD. In the conjugations of the language of Chili, the pronouns in an abbreviated form are always placed after the verb. They vary according to the mood, and, both in the indicative and subjunctive, amount to nine, distinguishing the singular, dual, and plural in each person, as follows : First Person. Second Person. Third Person Indicative. Singular, Dual* Plural, Hi in ymi, ymu, ymn, y> yg u > yg' n - All these pronouns are preserved in the transitions, and occupy the same place as in the simple conjugation; and the other pronoun is expressed by the insertion of a particle, which is not derived from any pronoun. Those transitions are, in conformity to the genius of the language, classed according to the person in whom the action terminates. The first transition is that in which the action passes from any one person to the same individual person, and consists therefore of the reflected verbs. The second transition is that, in which the action passes from any of the three persons to the third person. The last four transitions are those, in which the action terminates in the first, or in the second person. In the first two transitions, the nine pronouns contained in the table represent the nominative case ; and the pronoun in the objective case is represented by the insertion of u for the first transition, and of vi for the second, immediately before the termination expressive of the acting pronoun. In the second transition, the terminations egu, and egn are respectively added at the end of the word, when the pronoun in the third person, in whom the action terminates, is either in the dual or plural number. In the last four transitions, the nine pronouns contained in the table represent the objeciive case, or that in which the action terminates. The particles e and mo, the first always placed before one of the said nine pronouns, the second some- times substituted for it, in other cases added as a termination of one of the nine pronouns, represent the pronoun in the nomina- tive case. But the various positions of these two particles, e and mo, are not sufficient to distinguish in every case, whether that pronoun is in the singular or plural, or indeed to which person it belongs ; and when the action passes from the first person, in the dual or plural number, to the second person, it