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7va'ji'^ I strike 

 hoji'^' he strikes 

 ho'ji'^ you and I strike 

 Jm^ji^' he strikes me 

 tuodji'^' he strikes them 



5. Verbs with the prefix wo- contract: 

 First person subjective ivo-ha- into wo-. I have no example of 



the treatment of the first person objective. 

 wa'hi 1 win 

 wora'hi thou winnest 

 wo' hi he wins 



6. Verbs in which the pronoun follows an initial hi form con- 

 traction illustrated by the following examples: 



yape'rez I know (for hl-ha-perez) 



hi^pe'rez you and I know (for hi^-hi-perez) 



ni^pe'rez I know thee (for ni'^-hiperez) 



hini'pei'ez thou knowest me (for hina-hiperez) 



hi''^perez he knows me (for hi^-hi-perez) 



wia'iJerez I know them (for vm-hi-ha-perez) 



wa' ngipere! zire they know ua (for wAnga-hi-perezwe) 



The third person plural object vm- is alwa3^s contracted with hi 

 to wi. 



7. Verbs in which the pronoun follows an initial 'iC^- contract the 

 first person ''u'^-ha into \iwa'^-: 



^uwAngi'gi I compel (for '''d'^-ha-gi'gi) 



^u'i^nagi'gi thou compellest me (for '''il'^-hl7),a-gl'gi) 



8. The causative suffix hi has the forms ha and ra for the first 

 and second persons, respectively. 



t''e'ha I killed him 

 fe'ra thou didst kill 

 fe'hi he killed 



The causative suffix gi'gl is regular. 

 Tea' gig I' nA^ I send him 

 rera'gigi'nA^ thou sendest him 

 regigi'tiA^ he sends it 



§ 54. Indirect Object amd Meflexives 



The indirect object is expressed by the same forms that are used 

 to express the direct object, but the indirect object is indicated by 

 the prefix gi which follows the pronoun. The initial g of this prefix 

 is never elided. 



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