SYNTAX—PRONOUNS. 
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SYNTAX. 
PRONOUNS. 
PERS¢ NAL PRONOUNS. 
Incorporated Pronouns. 
§ 97. The incorporated pronouns are either prefixed to or inserted into 
verbs, adjectives, and nouns. 
1. POSITION IN VERBS. 
§ 98. 1. (a) Monosyllabie verbs, such as, ba, fo blame, da, to ask for, 
ete., necessarily prefix the pronouns; as mayaba (me-thou-blamest), thou 
blamest me. 
(b) Those verbs which are formed by adding the prefixes ‘ka’ and 
‘pa,’ and also the possessive forms in ‘ kpa’ or ‘tpa,’ ‘hda,’ and ‘hdu,’ have 
the pronouns prefixed ; as, kaksa, to cut off with an axe, wakaksa, I cut off ; 
pagan, to part with anything, wapagay, JT part with ; kpagay, and tpagan, 
to part with one’s own, wakpagay, I part with my own; lduta, to eat one’s 
own, wahduta, I eat my own. 
(c) Other verbs, whose initial letter is ‘d’ or ‘k,’ have the pronouns 
prefixed ; as, daka, fo esteem so, wadaka, I esteem so; kaga, to make, yakaga, 
thou makest. 
(d) For the forms of the subjective pronouns of the first person singu- 
lar and the second person singular and plural of verbs in ‘ ya’ and ‘ yu,’ 
see §§ 39. (b), 50. 
2. (a) All verbs commencing with a vowel which is not a prefix, insert 
the pronouns immediately after the vowel; as, opa, to follow, owapa, I jfol- 
low ; excepting the first person plural, ‘unk,’ which is prefixed; as, unko- 
papi, we follow. But ouypapi is also used. 
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(b) The prefixing of the prepositions ‘a,’ ‘e,’ ‘i,’ ‘0,’ does not alter 
the place of the pronouns; as, kastan, to powr out, wakastay, J powr out; 
okastan, to pour out in, owakastan, J pour out in; palita, to bend, pawalita, 
I bind; apalita, to bind on, apawalita, L bind on. 
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