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25. The degrees of comparison r.re thus expressed : 



1'nsitive, hi/is, good 



Comparative, tulis kainnakanm, better 



Superlative, tnltsiii, best. 



There are other modes of expressing the superlative degree, as taJistamaunin, very 

 good, &c. 



26. There is also a mode of expressing any thing that is progressing towards a super- 

 lative point, which is by doubling a syllable or part of a syllable; as, lauit, clear, plain; 

 lauauit, increasingly clear. 



OF PRONOUNS. 



27. Pronouns may be divided into personal, adjective, and interrogative. The per- 

 sonal pronouns are in, I, im, thou ; ipi, he or she ; nun, we ; ima, ye ; imma, they. 



[The pronouns of the second and third persons plural are distinguished in writing for 

 the sake of perspicuity ; but in pronunciation no difference whatsoever can be discerned 

 between them. Both are sounded ima, with the accent on the last syllable.] 



28. Pronouns are declined in the same way as nouns and adjectives. In makes in 

 the genitive inim, ace. ina ; im makes imim, imana ; ipi, ipnim, ipna ; nun, 

 nunii, // >ui, ima, imam, imuna, imma, immam, immuna. 



29. The personal pronouns are variously compounded, or receive various suffixes 

 which change their signification : as 



iiinili, I myself; imnih, thou thyself; ipinih, he himself 

 UUMMt| I alone ; imsiwat, thou alone ; ipsiwat, he alone 

 iiika, I also ; imka, ipimka 



inkit, imku, ipinku. 



This termination (ku) is used to signify assent. It is suffixed not only to pronouns, 

 but to verbs and often to other words in giving an affirmative answer. 



inkos, I first imkos, ipimkos 



innihnakos, I myself first imnihnakos, &c. 



inhwai, I instead of another imhtcai; ipinhwai 



it/tit, I the same imtit, ipintit 



All these are declined like the simple forms. 



30. The genitive case of personal pronouns is often compounded with nouns, forming 

 one contracted word instead of two ; as, iniatwa, instead of inim wiatwa, my com- 

 panion ; ttlautiwa for inim lautiwa, my friend ; numlautiwa for nunim lautiwa, &c. 



31. There are only two adjective pronouns, and these are demonstrative, viz. : ki, this, 

 pi. kima ; ioh, that, pi. iakoma. 



32. Ki makes in the genitive kinm, ace. kinia; kima makes kinimam, kinimana; 



