BOAS] HANDBOOK OP INDIAN LANGUAGES COOS 



§ 18. The Personal Pronouns 



The following are the personal pronouns in Coos: 



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There is no special form for the third person singular, which is 

 expressed by the mere stem or by the article. 



he'mis dlH 'QJc'Ud'wit big something I saw 62.21 



tsi e^fja'qal merely you are sleeping 68.19 



a'yu to' hits indeed! he hit it 13.3 



%sal%'canl hanh we (two) will play 38.11 



ma xwvi wutxai'yat a man we (two) brought home 128.8 



tso ic Ie'yI now you two (are) well 120.20 



Wyu ux L^an surely they two went down into the water 54.16 



linpl'^'pl JiaixL we will go home 120.21 



(fin sqats hmiL ts tdiodl j^ou will seize that fire 40.18, 19 



aso' ten, U wu'txe again here they returned 30. 5 



The second persons dual and plural for the imperative form of 

 intransitive verbs are ice^ and cine^ respectively, instead of ic and (An. 



ice^ sto^q you two stand up! 120.15 

 tsi'x'ti tce^ djl here you two come! 82.13 

 ctn^ Lo^q you get up! 30.19 



But compare — 



ic liemTb'yE you two lay him bare! 24.10 



tV- ic qlmi'tsE this you two eat! 120.16 



tcl ctn L/el'yE ten h'e'la there you put this my hand! 80.19 



The pronoun of the third person plural {tl) very often precedes 

 the article or the possessive pronoun of the third person singular in 

 order to emphasize the idea of plurality. 



go^s d'lH la^ tdle^'wat^ tl Ie melolhuhv-., il Ie ptsa^ U Ie mt'P'xas 

 everything he is drying, — the salmon hearts, the gills, the tails 

 34.25, 26 



3045°— Bull. 40. pt. 2— 12— 21 § 18 



