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express, at least pai'tly, the subject of the transitive verb; the latter, 

 its object, and at the same time the subject of the intransitive verb. 

 Their use is, therefore, to a certain extent analogous to that of the 

 subjective and objective pronouns in languages like the Siouan, 

 Iroquois, Haida, Tlingit, and others. The use of these forms in 

 Tsimshian, however, is peculiarly irregular. The forms in the two 

 dialects are — 



First person singular . 

 First person plural . . 

 Second person singular 

 Second person plural . 

 Third person .... 



Subjective. 



Nass and 

 Tsimshian. 



(lEp- 



m- 



m SEtn- 



t- 



Objective. 



-€E 



-m, -dm 



-sEm 

 -I 



Tsimshian. 



-Em 



-SEm 

 -t 



§ 4.9. Use of the Subjective 



{a) The subjective pronouns are used most regularly in the sub- 

 junctive mood, where they appear as prefixes of the verb. It will be 

 sufficient to demonstrate their use in one dialect only, since the rules 

 are the same in both, and I choose the Tsimshian dialect for this pur- 

 pose. 



SUBJUNCTIVE 



Examples: 



ada will iixE ivaJyu then you (singular) found me 



a wal in sEm iva'yu because ye (plural) found me 



ada wult wd'ya hd'^SEt then the dog found me 



ha^vn'^nl^ n dEin. klA-txal-ivd'n wait until I shall for a while 



meet you {ha^un'^nl^ wait until; w I; dEm future; klA- for a 



while; txal- against; wd to find; -n thee) 

 a dEmi u'Hu that he will bake me 

 ada VIE dEia sEtn wid man-sd'l" !ut then ye will pull it up {ada 



then; mE thou; dEm future; sE'in ye; wid being; man- up; 

 sa'k'/u to pull; -t it) 

 a Will dEp dl-SE-wd'°t because we, on our part, give them names 



{a at; wid being; dEp we; dl- on our part; se- to make; waP 



name; -t it) 



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