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I' lin I qei Jc.'wa'igai gao da'ogo the eldest son that I bore is as if 

 he were non-existent (I'^i/l male person; II; ^^i to bear; Iclwai 

 elder son ; gai the ; gao to be wanting or gone) 



Iget da dafga da'ogo la i'sdan if you own a bow, take it along ilget 

 bow; da you; da'ga to own; la imperative; i'sdah stem and 

 continuative suffix) 



TcVlsLai Iui'Ia da is da'ogo qdL chief, if it is you, get into the canoe 

 {ki'lsLai the chief; ha'lA come! da you; %s it is; qa stem to 

 go; -/. aboard [§ 22.12]) 



gasi'riLlao ga ge'gasa da'ogo I wonder how things are going to be 

 (gasi'nL.'ao how; ga things [indefinite]; ge probably for get stem 

 TO BE like; -^asa=g'asa imminent future) 



Hak.'i'nga ha'lA da is da'ogo dl gu qd'L.'xa grandchild, if it is you, 

 come to me iV.ak'.i'n grandchild; -ga possessive; lia'lA come! 

 da you; is it is; dl me; gu at or there; qa to go; -Llxa toward) 



V Lga da'ogo gut agA'n la Tcutida'ldias becoming a weasel, he 

 climbed up {hga weasel; gut upon; agA'n reflexive; kut- prob- 

 ably an instrumental prefix; l- classifier [§ 15.20]; da stem [?]; 

 -I up [§ 22,7]; -di determinate suffix [§ 20.7]; -as participle) 



dl djd'ga Inagai gl gudd'na da'ogo I tia'gAS I qi'ngo look at the 

 man I killed who wanted to marry my wife! {dl my; djd wife; 

 -ga possessive; Ina to marry; gai [?] the; gl to or for; gudd'na 

 to think or want; ^ I; tia to kill; -gA auxiliary; -s participle; 

 I imperative; qin stem to look; -go plural) 



§ 27. Personal Pronoun 



Another indefinite l might be added to these. 



In the Masset dialect dAh is used both for the subjective and 

 objective forms of the second person singular, while dd serves as an 

 emphatic form. 



The subjective series is used as subject of the transitive verb and 

 of activ^e verbs, even when there is no object expressed. Objective 

 pronouns are used to express the subject of verbs expressing states 

 and qualities. Following is a short list of neutral verbs. 



§27 



