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4. Possessive Suffixes (§§ 90-93) 



§ 90. GENERAL REMARKS 



The possessive suffixes appended to the noun embrace elements 

 for the first and second persons singular and plural and for the third 

 person; the form expressing the latter is capable of further ampli- 

 fication by the addition of an element indicating the identity of the 

 possessor with the subject of the clause (corresponding to Latin suus 

 as contrasted with eius). This element may be further extended to 

 express plurality. Altogether four distinct though genetically related 

 series of possessive pronominal affixes are found, of which three are 

 used to express simple ownership of the noun modified ; the fourth is 

 used only with nouns preceded by pre-positives and with local adver- 

 bial stems. The former set includes a special scheme for most terms 

 of relationship, and two other schemes for the great mass of nouns, that 

 seem to be fundamentally identical and to have become differentiated 

 for phonetic reasons. None of these four pronominal schemes is 

 identical with either the objective or any of the subjective series 

 found in the verb, though the pronominal forms used with pre- 

 positives are very nearly coincident with the subjective forms found 

 in the future of Class II intransitives : 



Tia-wilide in my house, like s'a's-ant'e^ I shall stand 

 Jia-will'^da in his house, like s'a's'ant'd^ he will stand 



The following table gives the four possessive schemes, together with 

 the suffixes of Class II future intransitives, for comparison: ^ 



1 A complete comparative table of all pronominal forms is given in Appendix A. 



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