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The personal pronouns without prefixes are often employed as pos- 

 sessive pronouns. In such cases the second person singular t^ occurs 

 as ye^. 



I'tcu i^da'mUf which one (is) my husband? 80.3 



a'ya i^qa'ya I am out of breath (literally, dead my breath) 66.27 



naP'nt hariL yeF Lowafwas you will have much to eat (literally, much 



will [be] your food) 54.6 

 k!d hauL y^n kiwints 'Qia'ats a rope around thy neck I'll put 94.12 



In two instances the possessive pronoun of the third person singular 

 is amplified by the addition of the possessive sign. 



Is'yl hd u Uuw^Hdis he is good-natured (literally, good [is] his 



heart) 

 dzu'll Id u kwl'yos a fur-seal (as) his dog 132.2 



A possessive pronoun expressing absence is formed by prefixing to 

 the personal pronouns the prefix Ic'.'d-. The form for the first person 

 singular only could be obtained in this series. 



nl kwiskwi'U tEx k'ldr^ u'md not me informed that my (absent) 

 grandmother 62.12 



Besides these pronouns, there is another series of independent pos- 

 sessive pronouns. They are formed by prefixing to the verbal form 

 of the personal pronouns ^'ne, e^ne^ etc., the article Jie or Ie, or the 

 demonstrative tE^ and by suffixing the possessive sign u. 



The second person singular shows a phonetic irregularity which I 

 am at a loss to explain. 



These pronouns are independent, and have a verbal significance. 

 They may be rendered by it is mine, it is thine, etc. 



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