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in use, corresponding to this and that, and indicating position 

 near or remote from the speaker. For the former, unl' is used, 

 and for the latter, amd' . Somewhat rarely a third form, anl' , is 

 employed to indicate position still more remote. The third personal 

 pronoun is often used in place of a demonstrative, and may take 

 the place of any one of the three. All three demonstratives take 

 all the nominal case and locative suffixes. The use of these demon- 

 stratives is shown in the following examples: 



uni'm mai'dilm yalid'maka this man will be good 



amafm sum that dog 



ani'm mai'dum that (far off) man 



amd'Tcan wonotitsoia and he killed that one 



unl'inan from here, hence 



amafdi there, at that place 



amd'ki sii that person's dog 



Tnd'im Tnai'diim this, that man 



§ 33. Relative and Interrogative Pronouns 



A relative pronoun seems to be lacking in Maidu, its place being 

 filled by the use of a reflexive suffix with the verb. Such construc- 

 tions are, however, rare. An example is: 



mom mai'dilm lias Icalcd'n i'syotiusdom this man it was causing 

 to kick himself ; i. e., he was the man who was kicked 



Interrogative pronouns, on the contrary, are common. Which 

 is expressed by homo', and who by homo'ni, both taking case and 

 locative suffixes, as do other pronouns. What, why, and how 

 are formed from a different stem, being respectively hesl', Tiesd'-, 

 and hesd'ti. A few examples of the use of these follow: 



homo'mdi maW hii'spem in which (house) do you live? 



liomd'nim malcd' who are you? 



Ihomd'nik sum maJcd'de whose dog is this? 



liesi'm malcd' de what is it? 



hesd'moni Icadi'lcmenom malcd' de why doesn't it rain? 



hesd'ti eto'spem . . . how strong . . . ? 



§ 34. Adjectives 



The adjective in Maidu is strongly nominal in character. In 

 many cases it is a true nomen actoris, formed from a verbal stem, 

 with or without duplication or reduplication, by the addition of the 



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