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THOU — us: 



%oa<ld8iia^d-hi it is said you remembered us 687.5 

 iidioa^aka^' i you have aided us 751.9 



THOU — THEM : 



waidna^a^ thou hearest about them 692.7 

 WE — thee: 



a^^'^i we give it to thee 439.3 



a'!^(l,i' siiai we remember you 687.4 

 we— them: 



a^ioa' nga'^^di we desire them 750.7 



aHoct^' da'^hai we saw them 705.10 



§ 23, Prouoiifis of Verbs in (i: Second Class 



Corresponding to the Dakota inflection of the verb beginning with 

 y, we have the following forms of the verb in 4-' 



1st person singular h4- 



2d person singular m-, hn-^ n- 



3d person singular (^- 



Inclusive dual an(t- 



According to Dorsey,^ sn- is the oldest form of the second person, 

 while h7i- and 71- are more modern forms. The sound hn- has not an 

 oral A, but expresses a very full breathing through the nose with n 

 closure of the tongue. 



Examples of these forms are the following: 



l)4ize I receive 670.1 nize thou receivest it 745.3 



kce-'Ma - 1 wish 704.4 ma'^ni'^'^ you walk 744.5 



iTM'^hii^'^ I walk 706.2 hnUta'^i ye finished 436.9 



ka^Mega^' I hope 706.4 hnai ye go 436.8 



eMega'^^ I think that 706.6 </««V^'^ he wishes 50.8 



sne you went 738.2 e<pega^^ he thinks that 757.13 



wswe thou tellest 58.17 a^'^i^ we were 727.5 



sl'a-^'na^ thou wishest 741.10 a^a'^'iai we think 727.8 



§ 24z, Pronouns of Verbs in b, d, g: Third Class 



Verbs in i, d^ and g, provided the pronoun is not infixed, are 

 treated in the following manner: 



1st person singular p- 



2d person singular sp"- 



3d person singular h- 



Inclusive dual a'^h- 



iSee the (fegiha Language, note on page 534. 'Double conjugation. See § 24. 



3 Infixed pronoun. < Compound verb. 



§§23,24 



