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PLURAL. 



Anuksisk. 



PLURAL. 

 Anistsisk. 



The particles oqpi and yiqpi are used as suffixes to express the relative 

 zvhat, as : 



Anioats nituqkoyiqpi = Did he say what he gave me? 



Nitusksiniqp kituqkotoqpi = I know what I gave you. 



The compound relative pronoun wlwever is expressed by the particle 

 1st, as when alone 



Istaowa = Whoever. 



Istutomae matsisae = ^Vhoever wants (this house) can have it. 



Istaowa uqkitotasin = Whoever wants this horse can have him. 



The Indefinite Pronoun. 



Indefinite pronouns represent objects indefinitely. These pronouns 

 have animate and inanimate forms, and are separable and conjunctive. 



Animate and Separable. 

 Inuqkae = Somebody. 

 Akaiem — Many. 



Noqketsim = Another, a different one. 

 Istciki — Another, an added one, plural Istcikiks. 



Inatoqsi = Few. 

 Matoqketse = Still another. 



Inanimate and Separable. 

 Akauo = Many and much. 



Aietcinika =^ All. 

 Noqketsim = Another. 

 Istciki = Another, plural Istcikists. 



Nitapi = Another, the other. 



Matoqketse = Still another. 



