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The second forms above given are suffixes or infixes, as : 



Sudaru, my husband. 

 Sudapalin, thy husband. 

 Loantacasic. my desire. 

 Loantamasu, thy desire. 

 Loaniasii, his desire. 



As usual in American languages, tliere is no relative pronoun, its 

 place being supplied by participial constructions. 



Number and Gender. 



Names of inanimate objects usually undergo no change in the 

 plural. For persons the plural is formed by adding the suffix /osa 

 or 7ianlosa. In possessives the plural suffix is often na, as : 



Hucha, a sin. 

 Huchaneng, his sin. 

 Huchanengna, his sins. 



Saden, his wife. 

 Sadena, his wives. 



In verbals and verbs the plural termination may be doc, as : 



Huchapidoc, sinnings. 



Amilao, leave me. 

 Anulaodbc, leave us. 



Infixes may be employed in place of these suffixes, especially in 

 nouns derived from adjectives and participles. The most usual of 

 these is «^, as : 



Nambilec, I live. 



Nambiasu, he who lives, the living man. 



Nambia^^casu, those who live, the living. 



The syllable inn, used either as infix or suffix, also conveys the 

 plural sense, as: 



Palen, thine. 

 Palenma, your. 



Feminines are distinguished by the suffix /// or //u, as tu/a, boy; 

 vilalu, girl ; lus, man ; luslu, woman. Also apparently by a change 

 of another vowel to the u, as we find, sadalec, married man ; 

 stidalec, married woman. 



