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 216 A SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES. [iNTROD. Adjectives : Dinne eela, a good man, or ' dinne nasong/ a good or handsome man. T'seck honi eela, or ■, A, ' > a good woman. t seek honi nasong, ) ° Dinne sline, or dinne jidde, a bad man. rr,,, , . ,. / (a bad woman, or old woman. The lat- 1 seek honi sline, or, fi , .,, i ..,,/' < ter, however, is oitener expressed tseckhon.j.dde, ' sean koui sline.' Enditha koui, an old man. Dinne you aze sline, a bad boy. T'seck honi aze sline, a bad girl. [It would thence seem that keh is the sign of the dual and thlang of the plural, and that the possessive pronouns are First Person. Second Person. Third Person. His, their, Si, or sit } see. Nit, nee. Bit, bee, noot, hoo.] ALGONKIN-LENAPE Massachusetts. [Extracted from John Eliot's " Indian Grammar," published in 1666.] Of the Pronoun. Because of the common and general use of the pronoun to be affixed unto both nouns, verbs, &c, that is the first part of speech to be handled. Sing. Interrogative of persons ; howan, plur. howanig, who ? Interrogative of things, uttiyeu, plur. uttiyeush, which ? Demonstrative of persons ; yeuoh, plur. yeug, this, these. Demonstrative of things, yeu, or ne, plur. yeush, or nish, this, these. Neen, /, T Neenawun or Kenawun, We, Ken, Thou, Plur. 2 Kenaau, Ye, Noh, or Nagum, He, 1 {Nahoh or Nagoh, They.