HO GRAMMAR OP THE LANGUAGE 



[of verbs.] 



in verbs, the last or the pronoun governed is expressed by an inflection, 

 as in ft dahoalohhumo, I love you, k'dahoalineen, thou lovest us, kdaho- 

 alawak, thou lovest them, as will be seen more fully under the head of 

 conjugations. 



The possessive pronoun is the same as the personal, separable and 

 inseparable, which is employed in a possessive sense. No ambiguity 

 results from this similarity ; the meaning is always understood from the 

 context or the form or inflexion of the word with which the pronoun is 

 combined. 



The various combinations of these pronouns must be gathered from 

 their connection with the other parts of speech, and cannot all be given 

 under this head. Thus the personal pronoun combines itself with the 

 conjunction also : 



Nepe, 1 also 

 kepe, thou also 



Nepena or kepena, we also, (as the word is used 

 in the general or particular plural) 



Kepewo, you also 

 Kepoak, they also. 



Note by the Translator. — The particular plural refers to a certain 

 description of persons, as we Delaivares, ive who are here together ; the 

 other has a more general application, and shews that no discrimination 

 is intended. In verbs, n prefixed (from niluna) indicates the particular 

 and ft (from kiluna) the general plural, in the first person. See Hecke- 

 welder's Corresp. in Histor. Trans, p. 429. The author is silent on this 

 subject. 



DEMONSTRATIVE AND RELATIVE PRONOUNS. 



The modes of expressing these by various forms and combinations 

 with other parts of speech are so numerous, that a few examples can only 

 be given : 



Auwen, who .' 



Keku, ta, koen, what ? 



Auweni, who is he .' 



Auwcnik, who are they ? 



Won, this 



Na, nanne, nail, nan, that 



Wentschim na lenno ! call that man ! 



Naicka ni pawit, he that stands there 



Nil, nellnill, yuk, yullick, these 



Nik, nikik, those 

 Weuii, all 



Wemi auween, every man 

 Alende, some 

 Alendemiyenk, some of us 

 Alendemiyeek, some of you 

 Alendeyuwak, some of them 

 Mamayauchsiyenk, each of us 

 Mamayauchsiyeek, each of you, &c. 



The remainder must be learned by practice. 



