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PHILOLOGY. 



KAMILARAI. 



These become ordinals by declining them 

 so as to agree with the noun to which they 

 belong ; as, purea-gka yoroka, on the third 

 day. 



WIRADUREI. 



These are declined like nouns, according 

 to their terminations. 



The following are the ordinal adverbs : 



yunbata, once 

 bulaga, twice 

 bidayunbata, three times 

 biayga, biayganda, many times 



PRONOUNS. 



There are two classes of personal pro- 

 nouns in the singular number, correspond- 

 ing to the simple and active nominatives of 

 nouns. Those of one class are used sepa- 

 rately (as in answer to the question, who 

 is it ?), and may be termed absolute pro- 

 nouns. They resemble the moi, toi, lui, 

 of the French. The others are only used 

 in conjunction with the verb, like the je, 

 tu, il, of that language. In the dual and 

 plural, however, this distinction is not made. 



The absolute pronouns are irregular in 

 their declension, 



NOM. GEN. DAT. 



yatoa emofrmba emotty, I, mine, to 



me 

 yintoa yiro&mba yiroity, thou, thine, 



&c. 



niuwoa yikottmba yikotsy, he, &c. 

 boOntoa botinoOnba botinotrnko, she 



The other oblique cases are formed from 

 the dative (except those of bountoa, which 

 are formed from the accusative bounottn), 

 according to the first declension ; as, enio- 

 Vykinko, to me, emotfykai, on account of 

 me, &c. 



The adjunct pronouns, or those which 

 are used with verbs, are 



PRONOUNS. 



There is but one class of personal pro- 

 nouns, and in these, with the exception of 

 the dual, the active nominative is the same 

 as the simple. The accusative, however, 

 is different from the nominative. All the 

 pronouns, when postfixed to other words, 

 undergo contractions. The singular pro- 

 nouns are -gadu or yatu, I ; yindu, thou ; 

 guin or yin, he, she, or it. Na is some- 

 times used for the feminine or neuter of the 

 third person. 



These pronouns are thus declined : 



FULL FORM. 



Nom. yadu or ~gatu 



Gen. yadi or -gati 



1st Dat. ~gadi or yati 



2d Dat. yanunda 



Ace. yanal 



Voc. ya yanal (ah me !) 



Abl. yanundi 



SECOND PERSON. 



Nom. -gindu 



Gen. -ginu 



1st Dat. yinugu 



2d Dat. yinyunda 



Ace. yinyal 



Voc. ya yindu 



Abl. yinyundi 



CONTRACTION. 



du, tu, or dyu 



di, ti, or dyi 



tt u 



nunda 

 nal 



nundi 



indu 



nu 



nugu 



nyunda 



nyal 



nyundi 



