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is maintained. Such a combination a,grees with a noun in gen- 

 der and number. It stands before or after the noun it modifies. 



me'cawi sl'pow^ large is the river (mec- large; -a- [§20]; -wi [§28]) 

 i'^TcwdwA^g^ Icdnd' siwA\f the women are tall {-si- [§ 20]; -wAg^ 

 [§ 28]) 



Pronouns (§§ 44-49) 



§ ^4. The Independent JPersonal JPt'onoiin 



The incorporated forms of the personal pronoun have been treated 

 in §§ 28-34. The independent pronoun is closely related to the 

 pronouns of the independent mode of the intransitive verb (§ 28). 



I mn"- he (an.) in°' 



we (exclusive) nl'ndn°' it (inan.) %n^ 



we (inclusive) Tclndn"' they (an.) %'nig^ 



thou Tcln'^ they (inan.) I'nin^ 

 ye Icl'nwdw"' 



§ 45. The Possessive JPronoim 



Possession is expressed by prefixes and sullixes which are related 

 to the pronouns of the independent mode. The sufTixes differ for 

 nouns of the animate and for those of the inanimate class, and for 

 singular and plural of the object possessed. 



OBJECT POSSESSED 



A few examples will serve to illustrate the use of the forms. The 

 word for dog is A'nemd^^"-, a noun of animate gender. [The inserted 

 -t- in the following examples is presumably the same as in ne'taw^ 

 I AM (§ 28). — T. ]M.] The forms of the three persons of the singu- 

 lar used with the noun in the same number would be — 



TiQ'tAnemdTie'vci.^ my dog {-t- [§ 8]) 

 he'tAneirndTie^m.^ thy dog 

 VitA'nemoheiaA'ii'^ his dog 



§§ 44, 45 



