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ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX. 



In these examples we have probably the full original construction of ' yi ' in the 

 future, from which the briefer modes of expression — awa 6 ri, and awa 6 m^ — 

 are formed by ellipsis. 



h. In negative future propositions, ' yi ' is always placed betweeii ki, Twi^ and the 

 auxiliary 6 or 6 ; as, emi ki yi 6 ri {I not iluxt shall see), I sJudl not see ; nwoq ki 

 yi 6 mo, tJiei/ will not Tcnow. 



§ 83. The pronoun ' d ' is employed before verbs in the future tense, as a substitute 

 both for yi, he, and 6 or o, will ; as, d, lu mi, lie will strike me ; k fo 6, lie will 

 break it. 



§ 84. Awoq, they, is not employed as the direct subject of a proposition, except 

 occasionally in the Egba dialect. Its use is restricted to two cases, in both of which 

 nwoq is inadmissible : 



1. Before ti, tvho or which, it is employed as the subject of a proposition ; as, 

 awoq ti o de {they wlw he came), tliey xolio came ; awoq ti eba 6na, tliey which (fell 

 by) tlie road side (Luke 8. 12). 



2. Before nouns, to indicate plurahty ; as, awoq agba kp^d^o {tliey elder met), 

 tlie elders were assembled ; ona awoi) elese, tlie toay of sinners. 



§ 85. The use of the contracted plural forms, d, 6, d, is oj)tional, and differs in no 

 respect from that of the full forms, except that d, they, is used imj)ersonally to form 

 a substitute for passive verbs. (§ 147.) 



OBJECTIVES. 



§ 86. The personal pronouns when employed as the object of a proposition, 

 whether governed by verbs or prepositions, take the following forms : 



Remarks on the Objoctivos. 



§ 87. The primary forms, which are the same as in the nominative, are used in 

 the following cases : 



1. When two objective pronouns are connected by a conjunction ; as, 6 dd iwo 

 ati emi, he made thee and me ; d mc) oq ati awog, we know him and tliem. In this 

 case awoq is preferable to nwog. 



2. When an objective pronoun is connected with ' nd,' having the sense of self ; 

 as, nwoq k6 ri og nd, they did twt see himself ; 6 kpe awog nd, he called themselves. 

 Here again awog is preferable to nwog. 



3. When an objective pronoun begins a sentence ; as, iwo ni mo ri (tliee it-is 1 

 saw), I saw tliee ; awog or nwog ni d kpe, we called them. 



