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Singular 



Plural 



town 



strong 



friend 



to return 



§ 4:7. Pluntls of Compounds 



In ))y far the majority of cases the plural of compounds is formed, 

 in cases of reduplication, by leaving all prefixes unmodified, and by 

 forming tho reduplicated plural of the principal theme. 



Singular T'lural 



qal-Wa'p q<d-t£Epti^a!p 



dax-g 'a' t dax-g ' ig 'a' t 



an-se'bE/i.sk"' an-sEpse'hEnsk^ 

 Tsimshian : 



Singular Plural 



sa-dzag(iiii-li(-ya'Ug m-dzngdiii -lu- 



ytlya'ltg 

 la-am gd'°d la-ayn'a'm, gd'°d 



There are, however, cases in which the whole word is reduplicated. 

 Examples of these have been given in § 36, d (p. 370). The principal 

 suffixes so treated are aa- and ha-. 



The position of the prefix ga- seems to depend upon the firmness of 

 the compound. Generally it precedes the stem; as in 



Singular Plural 



guu.i"-sile'e?isk^ gwtx'-qa-sile'ensk^ hunter (Nass dialect) 



k ! A-k ! ul-ga-lgiisgE' VEdEt they are for a while here and there happy 

 (Tsimshian dialect) 

 On the other hand, we find in the Tsimshian dialect: 



I Singular Plural 



I ta ! Eia-rau' ga-tslEm-mvf ear 



suddenly 

 •across 

 to be of [in] good heart 



Personal Pronouns (§§ 48-54) 



§ 48. Subjective and Objective JPronouns 



The personal pronouns have two distinctive forms, which, accord- 

 ing to their probable original significance, may be designated as transi- 

 tive and intransitive, or, better, subjective and objective. The former 



§§47,48 



