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Plural 0-: 



n-o'-x-o-x they became (n- transitional before vowel; -o they 

 before Ic sound ; -x reflexive ; -o- directive ; -x stem to do, to be) 



a-c-g-o' -xuina they placed them in the ground (a- transitional; 

 c- they two; -g- marks preceding c- as transitive subject; 

 -0- them [before Ic sound]; -xena stem to stand [plural]) 



a-g-t-d' -w-i-tx somebody gave them to them (a- transitional; 

 g- indefinite; t- them; -d'- inserted in accented syllable b'efore 

 semivowel w [§ 5.26]; -w- stands for -o- [between two vowels], 

 them; -i- stands for -I- after preceding o [see § 9]; -tx stem 



TO GIVE away) 



■ Before Ti stops, a -g is inserted after the subject third person plural, 

 as described in § 19.26. 



In a few nouns the third person plural is n instead of t; for 

 instance : 



nate'tanue Indians 

 Tiaud'itk net 

 Numerals take a- instead of t- for indicating the plural of human 

 beings (see § 51). 



§ 22. Pro7iouns of the Trausitive Verb 



The first person and the exclusive subject do not occur with a 

 second person object. In place of these combinations we have the 

 forms yam-, yamt-, yamc-, for the combinations i — thee, i — your two 

 SELVES, I — YOU ; and gam-, gamt-, game-, for the corresponding forms 

 with dual and plural exclusive subject. The inclusive subject can not 

 occur with second person objects, since this would be a reflexive 

 form (see § 24). In transitive verbs with two objects the same 

 irregularities occur when either the first or second object is second 

 person while the first person is subject. In case the second object is 

 second person, the forms begin with the first object. 



t-am-l-o't-a I shall give them to thee {t- them; -am I — thee; 

 -I- to; -ot to give; -a future) 



The indefinite subject g- is peculiar to the transitive. 

 § 23, JPossessive JPronouii 



All possessive pronouns are followed by -a-, except the first and 

 second persons. The first person is always followed by e, which, 

 after the -tc- of the masculine, takes an i tinge, while after the o- of 

 the feminine it becomes u (§ 7.1). The second person is followed by 



§§22,23 



