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and the sign of possession -i (see § 88). The sign of possession is not 

 present in forms that express the third persons as the possessor. 

 To these compound forms are added the suffixed subjective pronouns 

 (see § 24) for the purpose of indicating the person of the possessor. 

 The suffixed pronouns, to be sure, agree always with the independent 

 pronouns that form the initial elements of the compound. The fol- 

 lowing peculiarities will be observed in connection with the pro- 

 nominal forms that enter into the composition of the independent 

 possessive pronouns: 



1. For the first and second persons (singular, dual and plural) the 

 subjective forms of the independent pronoun are used. The stems 

 na and nix are employed for that purpose. 



2. For the third person (singular, dual and plural) the objective 

 form of the independent pronoun {s^a^'na) is used. 



3. Singularity, duality, or plurality of the person is expressed, not 

 in the initial pronominal element, but in the suffixed subjective pro- 

 noun. Consequently the initial element remains unchanged for all 

 numbers. 



Owing to the fact that Siuslaw has no distinct subjective suffix for 

 the third person singular, the suffix -tc is added without the aid of the 

 sign of possession -I. Duality and plurality of the third person are 

 indicated by adding to -to the subjective suffixes -a^x and -nx respec- 

 tively. 



In § 88 the fact has been mentioned that possessive phrases are 

 verbalized by adding the auxiliary suffix -t (see § 76) to the sign of pos- 

 session. This -t often figures in the composition of the independent 

 possessive pronouns, especially those for the first and second persons. 



The following table shows the independent possessive pronouns: 



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