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dEtn-t lig l-la-nl'°dsEtga° he would see somewhere bad luck 

 (dEm- future; t- he; ligi- somewhere; la- bad luck; n~i'°d2 to 

 see; -t it; -ga° absence [see § 20]) 



?a^ p'"/^ 6?(2'm^'s^^a° when he squeezed it again {la when; t he; 

 g'iJc again; daml's to squeeze; -t it; -ga° absence) 



(b) In the indicative, the subjectiv^e pronouns are used when the 

 object of the verb is a first or second person. The objective pro- 

 nouns are used to express the subject of the transitive verb, in the 

 indicative, when the object is a third person. The verb takes the 

 suffix -d or -n descril)ed in § 17. 



INDICATIVE 



Examples: 



m v)a'yinu you (singular) found me 



m dsm dza'l'du you will kill me {dzal' to kill) 



t wa'yinu ha'^sEt the dog found me 



n dza'hdEii 1 have killed thee 



n wa'°n you have found me 



niE ay^uyinEm you (singular) have hit us 



dEp o'yin we hit thee 



(c) The subjective pronouns are used with transitive and intransi- 

 tive forms that take the objective pronoims for the purpose of 

 emphasis, 



niE dEin dza'l'dEnt qii'i I , , , , .„,.,,,,. 



7 7 ,7 7 ^ /'Tyou (singular) will kill this one 

 dF:m dza'MEnt gu'i ) •' ^ ^ > 



niE dEDi SEin dzaJhsEuit gu'i 



or 



or 



or 



or 



or 



dEin dza'hsEint gu'i 



t dza'TxdEtgE hd'°sga° 



dza'kdEtgE hd'°sga° 



nan la yd'wuz-gE^nu 



na la yd'wua-gE^nu 



nain la yd'wuxgEn 



na la yd'wuxgsn 



44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10 25 



you (plural) will kill this one 



he has killed the dog 



I was eating 



you (singular) were eating 



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