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///> <///// trly.akieitp.1, our house (inc.) 



mi'fikicil/.l, thy house mdtJnKtp.1 Mftfaoityl, your house 



, liis house iy&hwitfl tyddkuiityd, their house 



The first person is sometimes expressed by itg , and the second by imi ; as, 

 my nose, iinizitr, thy nose, iiiLtitr, his imsc, &c. 



In the sainr w:iy verbs and verbal adjectives take these prefixes, to form the various 

 inflections for number nnd person. Thus from tgis, cold, with ked/., which seems to be 

 used as an auxiliary, or perhaps a substantive verb, are formed 



Sing. 



'.'/. tfinPjJca&ji, I am cold 

 maika tfifamkedf., thou art cold 

 iti/.ka tyikedy., he is cold 



Dual. Plural. 



ndaika tfipfHtkettf ntyaika t^ifunt^ked/., we are cold (exc.) 



tfjiika t^ii'tkedf, vfyaika tgilukedf., we are cold (inc.) 



mdaika t^imnkedf. m$aika fyifurngkedp., ye are cold 



iftaflka tfytkeay. tylaitgka qigvtylkedy., they are cold 



tdktttyl naika t^inutkedf., yesterday I was cold 



tdkutyl ntgaika tffiuntgtkedy., yesterday we were cold (exc.) 



takvtyl ufyaika tyibvtked/., yesterday we were cold (inc.) 



(It will be seen that this tense differs from the present merely in the insertion of a t 

 before ked/..) 



ai.jf.lke naika t$igon)t.dtka, by and bye I shall be cold 

 aty.lke ndaika tyi^und^atka, by and bye we two shall be cold (exc.) 

 atflkt tyaika t$i$utf.dtka, by and bye we two shall be cold (inc.) 

 aty.lke mdaika tyigomfidtka, by and bye ye two will be cold 

 at)dke mdaika tgigumg^atka, by and bye ye (pi.) will be cold 

 aty.lke tylatyka qi$atyl/.atka, by and bye they will be cold 



In all the preceding words, the tgig may be separated and placed at the end ; as, 

 naika vngy.atka t$i$, I shall be cold, etc. 



The transitive inflections are as distinct in this language as in the Selish, and more 

 numerous, inasmuch as they comprise the dual, and the double plural of the first person. 

 The following examples will suffice to show the existence of these forms : 



