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or one of a few other terms. This suffix is -yl after the vowels ^, «', 

 e, 7, e, and sometimes after a; -i after consonants; and -um and -wo 

 after u or o and occasionally after a. Examples are^ 



yao te'yt herring's rock 

 xtxtdk!^'' elijt' little frog's 

 song 

 The possessive pronouns are — 



xdt qoa'm salmon people 

 xuts! nuvm' grizzly-bear's fort 



AX my 

 i thy 

 du his 

 AC his own 

 Examples — 

 Axi'c my father 

 duLa' his mother 

 duaxa'yt his paddle 

 duwutsla'gayt her cane 

 hAsducayl! nayl their anchor 



. ha our 

 yl your 

 hAsdu their 



icA't thj wife 

 diite'q! his heart 

 dutcTi'nt his dream 

 duht'tt his house 

 dua! m his town 



The demonstrative a may sometimes replace the forms of the third 

 person; as, aca'yi his head. 



It seems possible that the suffix -/ {-u^ -yi, -wit) is identical with the 

 participial suffix to be discussed in § 20.2. 



§ 11. The Personal Pronoun 



There are three series of personal pronouns: the subjective, objec- 

 tive, and independent. The last of these evidently contains demon- 

 strative elements, and may be strengthened b}' the intensive suffix 

 (§ 7). The third person objective with verbs and post-positions is 

 sometimes a, while du and JiA.sdu are used only witii post-positions. 

 In the following table these pronouns are given, together with the 

 possessive pronovni: 



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