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(e") The objective pronouaisused to express the possessive relation. 

 Tnid'nu my master 

 nE-waflhsn thy house 

 nE-ifi'°p!E7isgEt his friend 

 ga-gd'°dEm our minds 



nE-ivd' nsEtn what you have {wan for wv7/, / assimilated by pre- 

 ceding n) 



§ 51, Tlie First JPerson Singular^ Objective JPi'onotui 



The tirst person singular of the objective form has a second form 

 in -7, which occurs also in the possessive pronoun (see § 55). It is 

 used in all cases in which the event is conceived as unreal. 



{<() In negative sentences. 



<i'l(jE dl lia-dza'iji I do not die from it 



a!l(jE hasa'gail ds/a dza!<jEn I do not want thee to die 



{])) In sentences expressing potentialit}'^, but with reference to the 

 unreality of the event. 



add a'lgst ndPl dsDi fm-Ui-q.'an-a'.dgl then there is no one who 

 could get across me {a'hjE not; naP who; -^ [see §31]; dEiii 

 future; -t he [trans, subj.]; 7ii- nomen actoris (see p. 335); 

 //}-(//(i?i- over; a.dg to attain) 



SE/ngal hd'%-Enat op dzE dza'gi I am nuich afraid lest I may die 

 {sEmgal much; hd°s afraid; -n indicative; -ii I; o2> lest; dzE 

 conditional; dzag to die) 



iiiE V yig'tn you might hit me! {ni thou; Cnj to hit; -I me; -g'tn 

 perhaps) 



ada dEiiit he^dzujE HA-xd'igEsgE dEmt gun-a'huglga^; tiH-q<ygE 

 dEin g'a'hu^ dzEda la ts.'l'°/il, da . . . then my master may 

 send me, he mav order me to get water; I shall take a large 

 Ijasket, when I come in, then . . . {h<Pdz to send; -gE [see 

 § 24j; 7iA- possessive prefix [see § 55]; 'Xd° slave; nA-xd' l ni}^ 

 master; gEsgs preposition [see § 28]; gun- to order, to cause; 

 aksg to get water; -ga° absence [§ 20]; wl- great; (^og basket; 

 g'ah to dip up; dzsda if; ts/l°'n to enter; da then) 



(t^) In conditional clauses. 



ada dzE la lu-i/a'ltgl then, if I return 



(d) The possessive suffix of the lirst person has the form -I in 

 address. 



Igu'Hgi my child! 



nd' I my mother! (said by girl) 



iiEgwd'^dl my father! 



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