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These pronouns are also suffixed to the verb, binom, he is, it is ("IT" being some definit thing previously mentioned). P&uuml;kof, she speals; golofs, they (the women) go; nifos, it snows; sagon, they say, people say, one says, it is said.

Even when the subject of the verb is a noun expressed, yet the om or <B>of</B> must be added : of for a feminin subject, <B>om</B> for any other. <B>Vom binof j&ouml;nik</B>, the woman is beautiful. <B>Man binom famik</B>, the man is famous. <B>Dom binom gletik</B> (not <B>dom binos gletik</B>), the house is large. <B>Doms binoms gletik</B>, the houses are large. <B>Jisons binofs yunik</B>, the daughters are young.

We can now conjugate any verb through the persons of the present tense. --- <BR>

<BR>The mnemonic word <B>OBOLOMOFOSON</B> contains all the personal pronouns. If it be written from memory twenty times the verb endings will not be casily forgotten. <BR>

= EXERCISE 3 =

VOCABULARY
<B>Binob. Givob. Blinob. P&uuml;kob. Golob. K&ouml;mob. Labob buki. Givobs moni. Labobs bukis tel. Givob moni mane. Blinobs bukis pule. Blinobs bukis pula.</B>

I speak. I go. I have the goose. We have the books. I have five books. We give money to the man. I give five dollars to the boy. We bring a dog to the man. I bring the books. I bring the boys' books. I bring books to the boys. We give books to the boys.