14G TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. V 



Inanimate Noun. 



Nistoa Nenetaksistoun = My own knife. 



Kistoa Kenetaksistoun = Thy own knife. 



Ostoye Onetaksistoun = His own knife. 



Exclusive. 

 Nistunan Nenetaksistouninan = Our own knife. 



Inclusive. 



Kistunon Kenetaksistofininon = Our own knife. 



• Kistoawa Kenetaksistouniwa = Your own knife. 



Ostoyewa Onetaksistouniawa = Their own knife. 



Nistoa Nenetaksistoaks = My own knives. 



Kistoa Kenetaksistoaks = Thy own knives. 



Ostoye Onetaksistoaks = His own knives. 



Exclusive. 

 Nistunan Nenetaksistonanaks = Our own knives. 



Inclusive. 

 Kistonon Kenetaksistononaks = Our own knives. 

 Kistoawa Kenetaksistoawaks = Your own knives. 

 Ostoyewa Onetaksistoawaks = Their own knives. 



Examples. 



Nistoa Nenetakokoa = My own home. 



Nistoa Nenetaksinaksin = My own letter. 



Nistoa Nenetanamau — My own bow, or gun. 



Nistoa Notouni = My own knife. 



This is a different form for the same inanimate noun as given above. 

 The accusative case shows the object of the verb. 



The accusative animate is expressed by adding wa as a suffix to the 

 singular. 



Nitukomimao pukawa = I lo\c a child. 



Akomimeo pukawa = He loves a child. 



Nitukomimao ponokamitawa = I love a horse. 



The accusative plural is formed by adding a to the plural as a suffix, 

 as 



Nitukomimaks pukaksa — J love childtcn. 



