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(h) The third person aorist of all intransitive verbs that take the 

 catch as the characteristic element of this person and tense, as in : 

 ya'^ he went 

 ya/^-da^ when he went 



(c) The second person singular possessive of nouns whose ending 

 for this person and number is -t\ as in : 



tH'H' your husband 

 ela'H' your tongue 



Contrast : 



t.'lfJc' my husband 

 elaYV my tongue 



There are but few exceptions to this rule. A certain not very nu- 

 merous class of transitive verbs, that will later occup}^ us in the treat- 

 ment of the verb, show a long vowel with rising pitch before a catch 

 in the first person singular subject third person object aorist, as in: 



Icleme^n I make it 

 ditlugVifn I wear it 



The very isolation of these forms argues powerfully for the general 

 correctness of the rule, 



(2) The first person singular subject third person object future, and 

 the third person aorist passive always follow the accent of la: 



dd^ma'n I shall kill him 

 tlomoma'n he was killed 



Contrast : 



xo'^ma'n he dried it 

 Like Jcleme^n in accent we have also: 



Jclemen it was made 



(3) The first person singular possessive of nouns whose ending for 

 that person and number is -fJc' shows a raised or rising pitch, according 

 to whether the accented vowel is short or long (or diphthongal) : 



Ic'wedelfJc' my name 

 pIdnW my liver 

 Uibagwa^nfV my pancreas 



Contrast : 



Jc'wede^i his name 

 p!a'"'nf his liver 

 tlibagwa'n his pancreas 



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