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§ 112. 1. In what may be called the objective case, 'ti' is not followed by 'o' 

 or any other pleonastic pronoun ; as, ile ti oba ko, (lie house tvhich the Icing huilt. 



2. The relative cannot be governed directly by a prej^osition, but only through 

 a noun or pronoun ; hence when' the preposition has no other word for its object, 

 the pronoun eni, one^ is introduced before the relative ; as, si oni ti {to one who^, 

 to ivhom; fu eni ti (/w one who)^ for whom. 



§ 113. The possessive case is expressed: 



1. By employing a personal pronoun, which must follow the name of the thing 

 possessed ; as, okoqri ti ile re dio {inan toho house of him hurned)^ the man vihose 

 house was hurned. 



2. By employing the pronoun eni, one, before ti ; as, bata cui ti emi ko t6 gb6 

 {shoes oi one which I not am-sufficientto-hear^, tvhose shoes I am not worthy to hear. 

 Eni is sometimes introduced to make a phrase definite; as, gbogbo qyiq eni ti 

 r)gb6 (all you one who are-hearing).^ all you who hear. 



§ 114. When its antecedent is a noun signifying time or place, 'ti' may be 

 rendered by when or where ; as, igba ti mo de, the time when I came ; ibi ti 6 wA, 

 the lilace tvhere he is. 



§ 115. The compound relative what is expressed: 



1. By a noun and ' ti,' tohich ; as, emi ko fe qkaq ti 6 se, I do notliltexohat 

 (lit. thing which^ he did. 



2. By eyi ti, this which ; as, awa ko mo eyi ti 6 ri, one do not linow what he sam). 



3. By bi ... ti, (?,?.. . vjhich ; as, mo gbo bi o ti wi, I heard rohat thou saidst. 



§ 116. We occasionally meet with ni or li, tliat., employed as a relative instead 

 of ti ; as, enia li o sina li eyi, tJiis is a people that err. 



OMISSION OF THE RELATIVE. 



§ llY. The relative is omitted in the following cases: 



1. Before an adverb composed of a preposition, a noun, and the relative ; as, 

 eqyiq li awoq nigbati eqyii) gbo {ye are they in-time-iohicliye hear')., ye are they who 

 when ye hear. 



2. Before mdh, not; as, alagbara mdh mo ero {.strong-man not hicnvs conside- 

 ratioii)., a strong man who does not consider; abanise mdh ba ni se mo {Jielper not 

 with one acts more)., a helper who helps no more. 



3. Sometimes, instead of making use of a relative clause in dependence on the 

 main proposition, two separate propositions are employed ; as, amoraq mo owe, i 

 hklia ori\i) {ivise-man knows proverhs, he reconciles difficulties)., a wise man who 

 hnmvs proverhs reconciles dificultie-<i. 



Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns. 



§ 118. Ta ? who ? is generally, if not invariably, compounded with ni or li, that. 

 It is employed as follows : 



1. As an interrogative pronoun; as, tani? udiol tani ni? ivho is it? iwotani? 

 {thou who)., who art thou? tani se 6? who did it? or, tali o se e? {tvho he did it^, 

 who did it ? 6 lii tani ? he strnch whom ? tani 6 wi fu ? lohom did he speah to ? or 

 h wi fu tani ? he spoTce to ivhom ? 



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