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§ 53. Sentences with Notninal Subject and Object 



When the sentence has a nominal subject, object, or instrumental, 

 these are placed following the prenominal forms which take the place 

 of the pronominal forms. The noun itself takes the required post- 

 nominal demonstrative ending. 



1, Intransitive sentence with nominal subject. 



^ne'x'Hae Ts.'e'tslEsg'ine Ts!e'ts!Esg"in said, it is said 31.9 i^neJc' 



to say; -Ha it is said [§ 32, no. 132]; -e [subj. dem. 3d person 



consonantic]) 

 g-d'xHaeda maHo'hwe two persons came, it is said 261.33 {g'dx 



to come; -^la it is said [§ 32, no. 132]; -eda [subj. dem. 3d 



person vocalic]) 

 Id' Loxda ^nas'njfuna^ex these blankets will go ( = be given) 213.11 



{la to go; -L future [no. 88]; -dxda[&Mh']. dem. 2d person voc.]; 



^nEX^u'ne^ blanket; -ex [postnom. dem. 2d person vis.]) 

 g'd'x^mox Wuld'sE^wex'WnXsi'so^ has come 161.27 {g'dx to come; 



-^m[no. 103]; -ox [subj. dem. 2d person cons.]; -ex [postnom. 



dem. 2d person vis.]) 

 Jie'Jc' Idlag'ada x'isd'lax'dg'a these who have disappeared make a 



noise 85.31 {he that; -h.'dla to sound [§ 34, no. 144]; -g-ada 



[subj. dem. 1st person voc.]; x'is- to disappear; -dla continua- 



tive[§ 26, no. 92]; -x'de past[§ 25, no. 89]; -g-a [postnom. 



dem. 1st person invis.]) 



2, Transitive sentences with nominal subject and pronominal object 

 or instrumental. 



nd'Hax^ma^e Xd'ndts'.Emg'iHakwag Xa'natslEmg-i-'lak" replied to 



him 131.7 {nd'^nax^me^ to reply; -e, [subj. dem. 3d person 



cons.]; -g'[obj. 3d person, § 50.4]) 

 hd'we Q.'d'neqeHakwas Qla'neqe^lak"^ left him 169.28 {bo to leave; 



-e [subj. dem. 3d person cons.]; [s instr., § 50.4]) 

 Jc'il^e'deda be'hEgwanEmas the men became afraid of him 127.21 



{Ic-il- to be afraid; -x'Hd [inchoative, no. 90]; -eda [subj. dem. 



3d person voc.]; hEgwd'nEm man; -s [instr., § 50.4]) 



»5. Transitive sentences with pronominal subject and nominal object 

 or instrumental. 



<Za'x-^i(^£niaxaZ£xa'^'e I took the basket ((fa to take; -x'Hd [incho- 

 ative, no. 90]; -ULag I — it [§ 50.2]; -xa [obj. dem. 3d person 

 voc] ; lExa'^e basket) 



^ne'x'SE^wunLasa lEgwd'nEm I was told by the man {^n'ek- to say; 

 -so [passive, § 35, no. 159]; -ULas I— by it [§ 50.2]; -sa [instr. 

 3d person voc.]; hEgwd'nEm man) 



mix-H'dexa hEgwd'nEm he struck the man {mix-- to strike; -x'^ld 

 [inchoative, § 26, no. 90]; -e [§ 56]; -xa [prenom. obj.]) 



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