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of these combinations may be indicated by means of the discrimina- 

 tive forms of the independent personal pronouns (see §§ 21, 113). 



All forms having a third person as the object do not, as a rule, 

 indicate the number of the subject. This is rather done by means of 

 the numeral xd'tslu two for the dual, and the numeral particle ha^'mut 

 ALL for the plural. 



The difficult}^ arising from the fact that the suffix -U7ianx may 

 express thou-him, etc., and they-him, etc., is bridged over by 

 the additional use of the independent pronouns for thou and they 

 (see § 113). This rule applies to all cases, so that it may be stated 

 that, whenever, by some process of contraction, simplification, or 

 abbreviation, two or more suffixes expressing identical relations be 

 tween subject and object are phonetically alike, their subjects are 

 indicated by the use of the independent pronominal forms. Thus, 

 for instance, the form -utsanx may express I-thee. thou-me, 

 and he-thee. These are usually distinguished by means of the 

 pronouns qnal, qQilxHs thou, and s^as he (see § 113), that are placed 

 before or after the verb, denoting that the first, second, or third 

 person respectively is the subject of the action. 



The third person singular has no subjective element, owing to the 

 fact that Siuslaw has no distinct form for that pronoun (see § 24). 



si'nxt- to desire 18.5 si'n^xyutsanx qna hutca'ivax I 



want thee to have fun 21.6 

 waa^' he says 19.3 s^atsl'tc^nx waa'yuts (when) thus 



thee I tell 36.19 

 Vlcwa^' he gets, he takes 82.6 s^a'tsanxtanxl^lcwa'yuts qna thaVs 



why I (came to) get thee 21.3 

 hin- to take along 9. 5 h^t/a'nyutsanx hltsi'stcln I'll take 



thee into my house 58.6 

 tcaq- to spear 68.18 ya^lcHin tcaqa'qa'^'n a seal I was 



spearing 68.8 

 yaq^'- to look, to watch 9.1 ya' qu yutsats qna I will look at you 



two 

 yax- to see 34. i y%xa' yuna^xin qna I see them two 



xnV"n- to do 9.T s^a'tsa^xin xmyunl'^yun thus to 



them two I will do it 88.17 

 tEmu'- to assemble 7.3 Tcumi'ntc^td mctci'tc ta'td tEvau'- 



uts not you in vain these you I 



assembled 30.18, 19 



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