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 LANGUAGE. 125 THIRD PERSON. SINGULAR. DUAL. PLURAL. Nom., itye atye, he, she, it. engk, they two. ar, they. Ac., in ityanian, him. enggun, they two. an, them. Caus., il, ile, by him. engk, by them two. ar, by them. The genitives, datives, and ablatives of pronouns are framed by adding the following words to their respective accusatives:  Genitives, auwe auwurle. Datives, angk, ungai, anyir. Ablatives, anyir. The following is the declension of the pronominal adjective kinauwe, "of him" or "his":  SINGULAR. Nom., kinauwe, his. Gen., kinanyerald, of his. Da., kinanyerangk, to his. Ac., kinauwe, his. Ab., kinanyeril, by his (causative). DUAL. Nom., kenggunauwurle, theirs (two). Gen., kenggunanyirald, of theirs. Da., kenggunanyirangk, to theirs. Ac., kenggunauwe, theirs. Ab., kenggunanyiril, by their. PLURAL. Nom., kanauwe, theirs. Gen., kananyirald, of their. Da., kananyirenggun, to their. Ac., kanauwe, their. Ab., kananyiril, by their (causative). The use of this causative form, will be seen in the following sentence: Lakkir atte ityan wundi ananyiril (I speared him with my spear). Here the literal rendering isWas speared by me, him, spear by my. The declension of other pronouns will be best illustrated by the words "ngangge" (who); "minye" (what).