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§ 112. 1. In what may be called the objective case, 'ti' is not followed by 'o' 

 or any other pleonastic pronoun ; as, ile ti oba ko, tlw Jiouse wliicli the hing huilt. 



2. The relative cannot be governed directly by a preposition, but only through 

 a noun or pronoun ; hence when the preposition has no other word for its object, 

 the pronoun eni, one^ is introduced before the relative ; as, si eni ti {to one who)^ 

 to whom J fu eni ti {for ofie who)^ for whom, 



§ 113. The possessive case is expressed: 



1. By employing a personal pronoun, which must follow the name of the thing 

 possessed ; as, okoqri ti il6 r^ d^o {man v)ho Iwii-se of him burned)^ the man whose 

 hmise was burned. 



2. By employing the pronoun eni, one^ before ti ; as, bata eni ti emi ko t6 gbe 

 {shoes of one which I not am-s^(fficientto-bear')^ whose shoes I am not worthy to hear. 

 Eni is sometimes introduced to make a phrase definite; as, gbogbo qyiq eni ti 

 rjgbo {all you one who are-hearing)., all you wlw hear. 



§ 114. When its antecedent is a noun signifying time or place, 'ti' may be 

 rendered by wlien or wliere; as, igba ti mo de, tlie time when I came ; ibi ti 6 w^, 

 the place where he is. 



§ 115. The compound relative wMt is expressed: 



1. By a noun and ' ti,' which; as, emi k6 fe qkaq ti 6 6e, I do not lilce what 

 (lit. thing which) lie did.  

 . 2- By eyi ti, this which ; as, awa k5 m^ eyi ti 6 ri, we do not Tcnow wliat he saw. 



3. By bi . . . ti, a^ . . . which; as, mo gb6 bi o ti wi, I heard what thmi saidst. 

 § 116. We occasionally meet with ni or li, that., employed as a relative instead 



of ti ; as, enia li o sina li eyi, this is a people that err. 



OMISSION OF THE RELATIVE. 



§ 117. The relative is omitted in the following cases: 



1. Before an adverb composed of a preposition, a noun, and the relative ; as, 

 eqyiq li awoq nigbati eqyiq gbo {ye are they in-time^hicliye hear)., ye are they who 

 when ye hear. 



2. Before mdh, not; as, alagbara mdh m5 6ro {strong-man not Mows conside- 

 ration), a strong tnan who does not consider; abani^e mdh ba ni 6e m6 {helper not 

 with one acts more)., a helper who helps no more. 



3. Sometimes, instead of making use of a relative clause in dependence on the 

 main proposition, two separate propositions are employed ; as, am^raq mh owe, i 

 l&d^a or^q {wise-man hnows proverbs., he recoTiciles difficulties)., a wise man who 

 hnows proverbs reconciles difficidties. 



Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns. 



§ 118. Ta? who? is generally, if not invariably, compounded with ni or li, iJ/iai!. 

 It is employed as follows : 



1. As an interrogative pronoun; as, tani? who'i tani ni? who is it? iwo tani? 

 {tlm.0 who), who art tluruf tani se e? who did it? or, tali o 6e e? {who he did it), 

 who did it ? 6 lu tani ? lie struck whom ? tani 6 wi fu ? whom did he speak to ? or 

 6 wi fu tani ? he spoke to wJiom ? 



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