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Personal Pronouns in Winnebago (§§ 30-34) 

 § 30. Subjective and Objective Pronouns: First Class 



The principles of classification of the verbs are the same as those 

 found in the Ponca dialect. The most common forms of the sub- 

 jective and objective pronouns are as follows: 



Subjective 

 pronoun 



1st person singular ha- 



2d person singular ra- 



Inclusive dual /u'™- 



Objective 

 pronoun 



lii^- 



wanga- 



The plural of all these forms is made b}" the s\xf^x-wi^ except the 

 third person plural, which has the suffix -ire. Bj addition of this 

 suffix the inclusive dual is transformed into the first person plural. 

 The third person plural object is vxi-. This does not occur as sub- 

 ject of the neuter verb. Examples are: 



halie' 1 bury 



7'alie' thou buriest 



hi^mAfuja's you and 1 tear with a knife 



hi'sihre 1 am falling 



ni''^sihre thou art falling 



wa'ngasibra' loi we are falling 



§ 31. Transitive Verbs 



The transitive forms of the Winnebago verb resemble those of 

 Ponca and Dakota in the development of the combined form i — thee, 

 and the occurrence of the third person plural object. The forms 

 for the first person plural subject has the same pronominal forms as 

 the corresponding singular forms, from which they differ by the 

 plural ending -wL The forms he — them and i — them differ in 

 accent, i — them, evidently originating from wa-ha-, is always 

 accented toa'-^ while the third person has the accent on the stem. 

 wa'Ue I BURY THEM, but loalie' he buries them. 



