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 4 THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE PITTA-PITTA

7. Personal Pronouns Objective — Indirect Object.

As will be seen when dealing with prepositions (sects. 22, 23) the ideas or " motion towards" and " reat with, at" are indicated by the suffixes -e-no and -e-na respectively: traces of these prepositional inflexions can be recognised in the^two following series of personal pronouns objective (a), (6) where the indirect object is either : —

Number.

Person.'

u. Person^motion towards (In all tenses).

b. Person— rest witU (in aU tenses).

Ist.

nUn-yo-M-no = towards me Ing-o-M-no = towards thee

niin-yo-e-nS = with roe, by piy aide

2nd.

Ing-o-e-nS = with thee, by thy side

,

3id.

noong-a-no-a = towards him, it, cloee up

nlng-^-vi-&, &c.

s

in front o)' side

"a

a

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nooRjr-o-nS-ka, &c. noong-o-nS-(m.)(t-ri

rdng-e-ni^% nlng-e-na-(m)ij-rl

E£

nUng-o-nHu

niing-e-m-S

"

nUng-o-no-ka,

nSmflr-e-nS-ka

»

niing-o-no-(»i)i-rl(

nttngre-na-(m)(jTrI

1st.

nftUttS-no = towards both of ua

n&l-ll-e-na. = alongside, with, both of us

.

2nd.

noo-lS.-e-no, &c.

noo-l^e-nS,, &c.

s

3rd.

poo-lS,-e-no-u

poo-lSre-ni-g

p

poo-13,-e-no-ka

poo-lS,-e-nSl-kS

»)

poo-la,-e-no-(m)(^^l

poo-lS-e-na-(m)(i-rI

1st.

niin-S-e-no = towards us all

ntin-a-e-nJt = alongside, with, all of us

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2ad.

noo-rS-e-no, &c.

noo-ra-e-na, &o.

S

3rd.

tftn-a-e-n5-u

t)in-a-e-ni-8

tiin-a-e-no-kS

tlin-a-e-na-ka

If

ttln-a-e-np-('?i)iJ-rI

tiin-a-e-na-(m)d-ri

The parenthesised "m" in the above third persons is euphonic.

There are no personal pronouns objective, indirect object, indicating motion from the actual person ; this idea being expressed with the help of possessive pronouns indicating motion from the person's place-of-residence or location (sect. 10),

Again, the suffix -e^-ya also bears prepositional traces (sect. 24S) and expresses t]e person or place whence something is obtained, brought, or received ; tacked on to pronouns, as in the following series (c),it demonstrates the personal pronoun objective, indirect object, person whence something is obtained or received. The suffix undergoes further inflexion according as the act referred to takes place in present and past, or future time, by the additional -na or -ko respec- tively of the objective ease (sect, 14).

c. Person — from whom something is obtained or received.

Number.

Person.

I.— In Present or Past Time.

n.— In Future Time.

1

a in

1st.

2nd.

3rd.

»»

n

»>

nttn-yt-em-yit-na = obtained, received

from me Ing-I en-ya-na = obtained, received from

thee nlng-I-CT-y^-ni-S, &c. ning-l-en-ya-na-ka nIng-^en-ya.-7^i,-ko-({-rI

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1st.

2nd. 3rd.

»J 1)

niSl-lI-e«-yanS = obtained, reoeived

from us both noo-ia,-e)t-y.1-n<t, ftc. poo-lS-en-yS-nl-S poo-ia,5ft-y.1 na-kS poo-ia,-5n-ya,-n(trl

nftl ll-en-yS-ko = obtained, reoeived

from us both noo-la-ere-yS-kS, &o. poo-lS-en-yS-ko-tt poo-la-e?i-ya-ko-kS poo-la-en-ya-ko-d-rl

Ist.

2nd. 3rd.

n ii

ntln-S-enyS-na = obtained, received

from Us all noo-rS-en-yilna. &o, ttin-a-«n-ya-nJ-S tnn-aen-yri-n.^-ka tfin-8-en-ya-«d!-rI

nan-S-en-yS-kS = obtained, reoeived

from us all noo-rS-en-ya-ko, &a. tan-a-em-ya-ko-a tan-a-e/i-ya-ke-kS ttln-a-Sn-yS-kS-d-rJ