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such meanings as they say, it is said. The quotative sometimes 

 occurs alone, but is most frequently met with as a sufRx. Some of the 

 forms just shown are the same as the ones seen in the independent 

 transitive list; viz., the forms of the plural of the first and second 

 persons. The following examples illustrate some of the uses of this 

 passive : 



ne'wdpATnego^p^ I am looked at (-me- [§§ 8, 21]) 

 ke'wdp^mego^pw* you are looked at 

 wd' I) Am Si^l>^ he is looked at ; they are looked at 

 wd' pAtsC'ip'^ it is looked at ; they are looked at 

 kew^tomegop' you are asked 368.4 {-me- [§§ 8, 21]) 



The conjunctive forms show the passive sign in the plural. The 

 first and second persons singular end in -gi, — a suffix denoting location 

 when attached to substantives, and indicating plurality of the third 

 person of the independent mode. It is possible that there may be 

 some connection between this ending and the passive sign; but it 

 has not yet been made clear. The following are the indefinite passive 

 forms of the conjunctive of indefinite tense: 



indefinite passive, conjunctive mode 



aru^umene'k' when you were asked 372.12 (k for g, as in -Jcdpd- 



for -gdpd- and in other similar cases) 

 ndtumik I being asked 374.1 (-m- [§ 21]) 

 sJialcasAmeg^ they (inan.) were set on fire 16.1 



The third person animate singular of ths indefinite passive can 

 refer to four different relations. The form is the same, whatever 

 may be the number of the object and the agent. The number of the 

 object and the agent is often inferred from the context, but in the 

 two examples to be shown each passive expression will appear with 

 agents. If the agent be singular, then the ending will be -ni; if 

 plural, then the noun ends in -H. It will be observed that this con- 

 struction is much like that of the passive with g and gu. The object 



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