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§ 54:, Independent Persotuil Pronoun 



The independent personal pronoun, which in its subjective form has 

 also predicative character, is formed from the following- stems: 

 Nass dialect: Subjective ne-; objective la-. 

 Tsimshian dialect: Subjective n.'EV-; objective /!•/«-. 



Examples: 



ne'E fan muM 1 am the one who caught it 44.8 



ne'En fan, dEcto'qt thou art the one who took it 157.4 



nhk" le Isp-ne'L ,va' E(j'e then he himself the slave 40. S 



h'lax-ne'sEni onl}' xq 83.6 



txane'tk'^SL dEui hwtls VEgwd'odEn Jd'oE all that thy father will do 



to me 13.3.2 (?',w<w^7^'* all; ^^;^/ future; /"^/v/todo; -.y connective; 



TiEguid'H father; -n thy) 

 dEiri d''Ep-h:s-qdq nee'st Idn I shall (go) down first to you 81.4 



{dEni future; d''Ep- down; 7,'s- extreme; (jCuj first; neE 1; -st 



emphatic [see § 20]; luEn to thee) 

 lo-me'Hk'^L g'at Id'ot inside it was full of people in it 120.3 ijd- in; 



metk^ full; -l connective; g'at people) 

 gdp de-Id' SEm go ahead, to you also! 83.10 

 dsm. na'Ji'shu'e ncEn 1 shall marry thee 203.9 



In place of the oblique form, the subjective with the preposition as 

 (containing the connective -.y [see § 23.7]) is also found, particularly 

 for the third person. 



hvM hwi'ls dsp-ie'Ehe as ne'En qans ne'E thus did my uncles to thee 

 and to me 157.9 {hnl being; kwtl to do; -s connective; dEp 

 plural [see § 52, «]; heEjJ uncle; -e \wy\ qan ?in(\\ -s connective) 



a'lg'txt . . . «s ^ce7^'^ she spoke to him 157.1 



Tsimshian: 



niErlu dEmt in-na'hsgA IgvJ'^lgEnt I am the one who will marry 

 thy child {dEni future; t- he; %n- nomen actoris; nal'sg to 

 marry; IgvPlg child; -e)i thy) 



nlE'vEnt in-d'yit thou art the one who hit him 



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