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haps no better example of Passamaquoddy polysynthetic formation 

 can be had than the following partial list of the combinations pos- 

 sible with w'li: zi/lithdtm'n, 'he is glad of it'; k-elwut, 'good'; 

 wlamto, ' he is good natured ' ; zv' Idsezvamve chiyania, ' they are 

 pleased with him ' ; zv'laszvelt'm'n, ' he thanks for it ' ; olilelm'len, ' as 

 I wish you well ' ; olinnin'l, ' he rejoices at it ' ; zv'ldpemkuk, ' it bene- 

 fits hims ' ; idiotzmk'n, ' benefit ' (n.) ; zt/l-zviku, ' he lives well ' = ' is 

 rich ' ; zvtdch'zvi-zv'l-ankeyozvdzv'l, ' they must take good care of him ' ; 

 uflapezvit, 'beautiful'; zv'lapezviii, 'handsome man'; zv'leyozi/l, 'he 

 treats her well ' ; zv'litham'l, ' he consents ' ; zu'l-okhedim'k, ' sport, 

 game,' etc. 



THE PRONOUN. 



The demonstrative pronouns are yuf, 'this' (nearer); zvut, 

 ' this ' ; na, ' that,' indeclinable ; and nit, nit, ' that.' See below for 

 the obviative inflection. The relative for both classes and numbers 

 is eli-, followed by the participle: eli-uskichinzvit, 'he who is an 

 Indian ' ; eli-meksit, * who finds.' Sometimes the relative is expressed 

 by the participle alone : askozvaltichik, ' those who wait.' The inter- 

 rogative pronoun is as follows : animate zven, ' who ' ; obv. zjaen'l; 

 also = ' someone ' ; obviative pi. = zuenihi; inanimate : ke'kzv, ' what ' ; 

 also =:' something'; pi. ke'kza/s'l, 'some things, things.' 



A highly important feature of the language is the combination 

 of both nouns and verbs with personal pronouns, by which means 

 most of the inflection is carried on. In the following table of per- 

 sonal pronouns, it will be observed that the Passamaquoddy, like 

 its Algonquin congeners, has two first persons plural;, an inclusive 

 and an exclusive, the first of which implies that the person and 

 persons addressed are included with the speaker, while the second 

 form excludes the person or persons addressed; i. e., the firsts 'I, 

 you' and 'they,' and the second:=*I' and 'they.' 



Separable Personal Pronouns. 



I, nil. We (inch), kU'n. 



Thou, kil. We (excl.), nil'n. 



He, she, it, neg'm. You, kU'zi/au. 



They, neg'mau. 



