BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGJ^.S 909 



P^xample.s in Teton are — 

 t^ i he dwells 



wa'fi I dwell 



yV''fi thou and I dwell 



u'^'fipi we (he and I, or plural) dwell 



fl'j)i the}' dwell 

 masi'ca I am bad 

 oma'hi^UjM'ya I fall into 

 nit\L^'hajpl ye are large 

 muH-a I lie 

 yxi^'ld he lies 

 em'iiio''^ I do it 

 ii^lcii:^' we live 



§ 17. Transit ii'e Verbs 



Transitive verbs with pronominal subject and object form combined 

 pronominal forms in which the first person alwaj's precedes the 

 second. The combination i — thee is expressed b\' ci. The object 

 wica^ expressing the third person plural, precedes all pronouns. 



1 thou we 



me - in ay a- - 



thee cl- - v^ni- 



us - '11^ y a - 



them wicawa- loicaya- w'lcaiO^- 



Examples in Santee: 

 IHe to kill. 



WAiya'Ute thou killest me 



maya'kHepi ye kill me 



wlca'Uteha'^ she was killing them 

 'iiiaya'hasl'a thou tiest me (from hasha to tie) 

 wicu:^'hisJia you and I tie them 

 Cica'ska I tie thee ikaska after i changed to casJca [see § 4.5]) 



§ 18. Pronouns of Verbs in //- 



Verbs beginning with ya or yii in the third person — with ver}^ few 

 exceptions — have pronouns of a different form. These are — 



Teton Santee 



I 1)aI- ind- 



thou /- d- 



he y- y- 



h^ IT, 18 



