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the postnominal suffix, leaving the prenominal elements identical 

 with the prenominal demonstratives. 



The possessive prenominal forms for the objective and instru- 

 mental are formed from the forms given here in the same manner as 

 the prenominal demonstratives from the corresponding ta])le (II, § 48). 



§ 50. Irregular Pronotniual Forms 



These endings give rise to all the syntactic forms expressing the 

 relations of subject, object, instrumental (viz, genitive), and predi- 

 cate. Evidently the history of the development of these forms is a 

 long one. This is indicated by the irregularities described in § 49, 

 and by others which appear as soon as these endings enter into 

 combinations. The most important irregularities are as follows: 



PRONOMINAL AND PRENOMINAL SUFFIXES 



1. The first person, when followed by the objective or instru- 

 mental, takes the form -erl. This probably represents an older form 

 of the first person. It is the ordinary form of the first person i^n the 

 Koskimo dialect, where we find, for instance, g'd'xETiL i came. It 

 will be noted (Table I, § 48) that the objective forms of the first 

 person, and those of the inclusive and exclusive, have been lost. 

 They persist in the He'ldzaq" dialect of Milbank sound, where we 

 find for these forms -EULa, corresponding to the -eul of the Koskimo. 

 Examples of the form -eul will be found below, under 2. 



2, The first person, the inclusive, and exclusive, when followed by 

 the objective or instrumental of the third person, take a connective 

 -a-; so that we find the forms -EULaq i-^him, -Eusaq WE[incl.l — him, 

 -Euu^xwaq WE[excl.] — him; and -EULas i — with him, -Ensas w£[incl.] 

 — with him, -Euu^xwas we [excl.] — with him. 



Jid'^maswutleltsdx'dEnLas I was asked to eat with him 480.10 



(^a^m- to eat; -s-[?]; -o^ companion; -elU]; -so^ passive; -x'de 



transition from present to past) 

 dd'qula^mesEnLaxwa Gwe'tElax and so I saw the Northerners 



473.27 {do' quia to see; -^mes and so; -xwa obj. 2d pers. dem. ; 



Gwl'tEla northern tribes; -x 2d pers. dem.) 

 ^ne'Tc' EULaxa ^UE'mgese I said to the ^uE'mges 473.26 i^neJc' to say) 

 LawE'lgameJc" as EULas Id'laenox^ I am the prince of the ghosts 



X 131, note 3 (LawE'lgame^ prince; -Ic'as real; Id' laenox'^ ghosts) 

 hd'lxsda^ytriLas L.'e'sElag'lHa I am the musk-bag of mink 



CS 158.22 {hoi- musk-bag; -xsd hind end; -e^ nominal; lH'seIq 



sun; -g'ila to make) 

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