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Examples. 



1st Peks. SiNii. ; — 



/ strike, 



I savi, 



I and llii: Father arc one, 



In anmiT to " Who did il V 1 ilid. 



It is J, be not afraid. 



Ah ! friend, it is you. 



It is I, 



(1.) 



likiwj (witlt. a hammer). 



liyiltM* [idth a saiv). 



yin gla wl da umj) nuiiiûkw ninuûliw. 



nilgwa ma. 



nugwa um, IcwSlfi kitlil. 



sau Ï gla âde. 



nûgwa uni. 



(t'iftkim is the Objoclive Case, lut Person Singular, " mc " ; the Plural is (jiCtkunls aiul (jiûkunâhw. 

 Tlic first syllable oï giOkun is the voi'b "(.'(inR'/' but, usod as the Objcetivc, it expresses motion towards ; 

 un is also (ho Nominative, but there it is never pretixcd liy ijiûk. 



Come to me. 

 Do you love me .»' 



kilas gifi/.:un. 



tlahwila nukw uias in a ? 



N.B. — This iinal a is the sign of the Interiotçative. 



•_'nd Pers. Sing. : — 



. You my pco]>le. 

 You my children. 

 I vrill (Jive it you (thing present), 

 I will give it you {gift not jircsenl), 

 I come to you, 

 You arc tlie one meant, 

 You are ivuntcd. 



(2.) 



yfikl giukwilût. 



yfikl sfisum. 



la niun zaw klisû^' Ifdil. 



la mun zaw khsl luki. 



giâk un lûkl. 



sii um kwayaus. 



uKisda sus. 



3rd Pees. Sing. : — 

 He will go. 

 He uAll go. 

 He will go. 



When he was going doimi. 

 He is wanted hy William, 

 John said to him, 

 And then John said to him, 

 I want it, 

 It would perhaps be well to give him some, 



(3.) 



lâkll (not present, nearly Latin ille.) 



la kliii {present and near the person spoken to, Latin isle.) 



Ill klig (near the speaker, Latin liic.) 



y\ks la Ï bunfitlila. 



uiii'sda sus William. 



niki John fik. 



11 John nîk yik. 



uKA'sdin kUik. 



Is ma ï gla ek kû zawlâ/îuk. 



1st Pees. Pluk.: 



We will go, 



We will go. 



When we see him or if ire sec him, 



Oive it to MS, 



(4.) 



la munts Ifi-kl (person addressed included). 



la munilhw lâ-kl (person addressed not included). 



gil mi gints dûkwilâk. 



zaw tsiiA: giatauniihw, or kïtsûi giatunûhw. 



N.B. — Kl is fi'om klla come ; literally, " come it to us." 



He is going with us, 



Ifi kluA: giaAnints or Li \d\\k gla "wunts 

 Sec. II, 1888. 10. 



