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The disjunctive forms of the pronoun are also sometimes pre- 

 served before verbs and adjectives. 



Neezhika. Alone, (an.) 



Neen neezhika, I alone. 



Keen neezhika, Thou alone. 



AVeen neezhika. He or she alone. 



Keenowind neezhika, We alone, (in.) 



Neenowind neezhika, We alone, (ex.) 



Keenowau neezhika, Ye or you alone. 



Weenowau neezhika. They alone. 



To give these expressions a verbal form, the substantive verb, 

 with its pronominal modifications, must be superadded. For in- 

 stance, / can alone, &c. is thus rendered : — 



Neen neezhika nindyau, I am alone -\- aumin. 



Keen neezhika keedyau, Thou art alone -f- aum. 



Ween nezhika iyau, He or she is alone, «&c. -{- Tvug. 



In the subjoined examples, the noun ow, body, is changed to 

 a verb, by the permutation of the vowel, changing ow, to AUW ; 

 which last takes the letter d before it when the pronoun is pre- 

 fixed : — 



I am a man, Neen nin dauw. 



Thou art a man, Keen ke dauw. 



He is a man, AVeen ah weeh. 



We are men, (in.) Ke dauw we min. 



W'e are men, (ex.) Ne dauw we min. 



Ye are men, Ke dauw mim. 



They are men, Weenowau ah weeh wug. 



In the translation of these expressions, " man" is used as sy- 

 nonymous with "person." If the specific term inine had been 

 introduced, in the original, the meaning thereby conveyed would 

 be, in this particular connection, " I am a man," with respect to 

 courage, &c. in opposition to effeminacy. It would not be simply 

 declarative of corporeal existence^ but of existence in a particular 

 state or condition. 



In the following phrases, the modified forms, or the signs only, 

 of the pronouns are used: — 



N'debaindaun, I own it. 



Ke debaindaun, Thou ownst it. 



debaindaim, He or she owns it. 



