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In composition the objective pronoun always precedes the sub- 

 jective, and ])oth may be separated by verbal prefixes. The use of 

 the independent pronoun in a sentence does not affect the verbal com- 

 pound, and the pronominal prefixes must be repeated. 



The subjective pronoun appears as the subject of all active verbs, 

 no matter whether they have an object or not. Some verbs that have 

 no object take an indefinite object, At something; for instance, 



At xa xa I eat something 

 At xa eoq I laugh 



^.s' is freer in its position than the pronouns described before. It 

 seems probable that it was not originally a pronoun. 

 Examples of the use of the pronoun are the following: 



xAte q!Axdtoa's!tn I questioned him {xa 1, independent; -te inten- 

 sive suflix [§ 7]; q!A mouth [§ 11:. IJ; xa I, subjective, iru- verbal 



prefix [§ 15.4]; -sitn stem) 

 hu XAtc <2!awu,'s!m he questioned me {hu independent pronoun; 



XAtc emphatic form of objective) 

 iq! AxaxoiHsltn I questioned thee (/ thee; q! a mouth; xa I) 

 wae'tc XAt qlewu'sltn thou questionedst me {loae'tc emphatic form 



of independent pronoun; xAt me; q.'a-i contracted to q.'e mouth 



thou) 

 uha'ntG q.'AturoTt's'm we questioned him {uha'ntc emphatic form 



of independent pronoun; ta we, subjective) 

 wae'tc Jiaq!ewa's!tn thou questionedst us [Jia us) 

 uha'ntc yiqlAtumu'sUti we questioned you (y/you; qiA mouth; ta 



we, subjective) 

 xagdx I am crving 

 uhci'ii QAX tu'safi' we are crying {ta we; «a- verbal prefix [§ 18.1]; 



ti to be) 

 ye yairaqd' she said thus (qe adverbial, thus; ya- verbal prefix [§ 15. 



3]; ^va- verbal prefix [§ 18.2]; qd to say) 

 yeyd'xoaqa I said thus (x I; wa- verbal prefix [§ 18.2]) 

 ixasitl'n I saw thee {I thee; xa I; si- prefix [§ 18.1]; tlti to see) 

 yixasitl'n 1 saw j^ou {yi 3^ou) 



xoasiti'n I saw him (,/■- I ; the use of <>a here is not explained) 

 XAtyisitl'n ye saw me {xAt me; yi ye) 

 hayisiti'n ye saw us {Jut us) 

 hAsyisitl'n ye saw them {Kas them) 

 Gaya' hade' Aas awad! x they heard it on Gaya' {kade' on; Jias thev; 



a- indefinite pronoun referring to cl song; wa- verbal prefix 



[§ 18.2]; aa? to hear) 



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