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HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 



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Animate. 



Singular. 



this 

 that 

 yonder 



rriAna 

 ma 



Plural. 



mahAgi 



jnigi 



indmahAgi 



Inanimate. 



Singular. 



mATii 



Ini 



InamAni 



Plural. 



mahAni 



mini 



InamahAni 



The demonstrative Ina is also the third person, personal pronoun. 

 These demonstratives are used in the following relations : 



MA'na ne'niw°' this man (who is in the presence of both speaker 

 and person addressed, but not necessarily within the imme- 

 diate presence of both, or within their hearing) 



I'na ne'niw"- that man (who is farther removed, or who is sub- 

 ordinate in point of interest) 



I'naga ne'niw'^ yonder man (who is farther still removed, and 

 wdio can be out of hearing, but not out of sight) 



One demonstrative is used in answer to a question, and corre- 

 sponds to English that, yonder, when both are used in a weak, 

 indefinite sense. The object referred to is present and visible. 



This pronoun is used when reference is made to a particular object 

 selected from a list; as, I'nAma ne'niw"- that man, as in the question, 

 Which of the men do you wish to see ? 



Another pronoun has a temporal force, and refers to an object as 

 invisible and in the past. 



Tniya ne'niw'^ that man refers to a man known to both speaker 

 and person addressed, but who is at present absent, or is no longer 

 alive. 



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