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Elxainples of its use are — 



i¥dgeawd4a-mdzl I do not have them for ray friends 711.13 

 4i sJcdga-hdzl thou dost not do it 711.19 



§ 28. Forms EjcpreHsitig Object Possessed "by Siibjeet 



Possession of the object by the subject is expressed hy forms 

 analogous to those of the Dakota. 



1. In most verbs gi- is prefixed. Examples are — 



^i^ he carries 306.6 



gi^i^' he carries his own 296.13 



agi^i^ 1 carry mine 15.15 



^agi^i^ thou carriest thine 15.11 

 zugie with him 305.5 



zugig(^e with his own 305.3 

 uhd he follows 289.4 



iK^ugiha he follows his 306.14 

 d¥lpa he met him 50.1 



dglUvpa he met his own 299.3 



a'^'4(i he abandons 84.3 



aa'^'l4a I abandon it 50.5 

 agia^Mci^ I abandon mine 756.2 



2. Verbs in <f- have the form gi . 



4ize to take 298.3 



giize he took his own 298.16 

 ^/« to have 288.15, 290.11 



ag<pdh4i'^ I have my own 755.10 



3. Verbs in ga- have probably also forms in g4^ but I have not 

 been able to discover examples illustrating this point. 



4. Verbs in J-, d-, </-, have the forms gip-^ git-^ giJc-. 



da^he he saw 



agitaP-ha-mdzl 1 do not look at mine 756.2 

 gita^'hai she saw her own 306.7 



iabaha^ he knows 



igipaha'^' he knew his own 295.1 



weglpaJia^' she knew them 289.8 

 ga'ge to make 



gika'ge he made his own 299.9 

 xihet^a'^ he wrapped it 



ugipefa'^ lie wrapped his own 208.4 



uta^' to put on 47.3 



uagita^ I put on my own 43.9 



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