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(e) The possessive suffix of the tirst person has the form -I in sub- 

 junctive and negative sentences, in which it designates potentiality of 

 existence. 



eafplExdl a n dzE la txal-im'sdE tgu'Hglda° I might remember 

 when I met my child [e'd'jy'EX to remember; a at; n I; dzE 

 conditional; hi past: t.nil- against; voP to meet; fgnPig child) 



a'lgE dl wd'lhl 1 have no house {a'lgE not; dl on m^^ part; toaXb 

 house) 



§ 52» RenKwhs on the SitbJecHve Pt'oiiouns 



(a) The prefixed personal pronouns /i-, m-, and /- may be consid-, 

 ered true pronomitial forms. The hrst person plural dEj) is, how- 

 ever, by origin, a plural of much wider application. It is used fre- 

 quently to express the plural of demonstrative pronouns; for in- 

 stance, dEj) giva' 1 THOSE. It seems, therefore, that its use as a first 

 person plural may be secondary. 



{})) Tlie second person plural contains the objective element -.y^/w, 

 which remains separable from the transitive second person ni-. 

 Particularly the temporal elements unl^ dEm, la are placed between 

 in- and -seih. 



ada DIE dEia sEin lonlafl la gim'ntgid then you will know that I 

 have touched it {ada then; die- 2d pers. subj.; dEin future; 

 -SEiii 2d pers. plural; wida' i to know [singular obj.]; la past; 

 gwantg to touch; -a I; -t it) 



(c) The third person is placed following the temporal particles, 

 while all the other persons precede them, except the -SEin of the 

 second person plural (see under h). 



First person singular: n dEin su mEa'idgEt I shall shake the rope 



{n I; dEm future; su to swing: mEa'uJg rope) 

 First person singular: n-dEiii na'ksgEn I shall marry thee 

 First person plural: dEp dEm aival-ma'gari we will stand by you 



{dEj) we; dEm future; avnd- by the side of; mag to place; 



-)i thee) 

 Second person: ada vie dEm. l-sE-dE-bd'°fga° then you will run 



out with her {ksE- out; dE- with; bd° to run; -t her; -ga° 



absence) 

 Third person: ada dE/nt q/d'j)Egan IeI'sCi' gat then he will close 



the doorway {qld'pEgan to close, fill up; lEksd'g doorway) 

 First person: a'lgE n la dl-k\'ind'm dEl hand'°g I have not 



given it to the woman (a'lgE not; n I; la past; dl on my part; 



k- find' VI to give; dEl [see §§ 28, 31]; hand'°g woman) 

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