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saw them; Hake wahanksiéa yamni wiéakte (Hake bear three them-killed), 
Hake killed three bears. 
§ 121. As there is but one termination to signify plurality both of the 
subject and object, ambiguity is sometimes the result. 
(a) When the subject is of the first, and the object is of the second 
person, the plural termination may refer either to the subject or to the sub- 
ject and object; as, wasteunnidakapi, we love thee, or we love you. 
(b) When the subject is of the third, and the object of the second 
person, the plural termination may refer either to the subject or the object, 
or to both; as, wastenidakapi, they love thee, he loves you, or they love you. 
§ 122. Nouns of multitude commonly require verbs in the plural num- 
ber; as, oyate heéoypi, the people did that. 
§ 123. The verb ‘yukay’ is often used in its singular form with a 
plural meaning; as, wakiyeday ota yukay, there are many pigeons. 
§ 124. The verb ‘yeya’ and its derivatives ‘iyeya,’ ‘ hiyeya,’ etc., have 
rarely a plural termination though used with a plural subject; as, wiéota 
hen hiyeya, many persons are there. 
DUAL. 
§ 125. 1. The dual is used only as the subject of the verb and to 
denote the person speaking and the person spoken to. It has the same 
form as the plural pronoun of the first person, excepting that it does not 
take the termination ‘pi.’ 
2. Hence, as this pronoun is, in meaning, a combination of the first 
and second persons, it can be used only with an object of the third person, 
except when, the agent and patient being the same persons, it assumes the 
reflexive form (§ 24); as, wasteundaka, we two (meaning thow and 1) love 
him; wastewiéujdaka, we two love them. See § 42. 1. 
Government. 
§ 126. Active transitive verbs govern the objective case; as, makaska 
(me binds), he binds me; wiéasta way waymdaka (mana I-saw), [ saw a man. 
§ 127. Active verbs may govern two objectives. 
1. A verb may govern two direct objects or so-called accusatives. 
When an action ona part of the person is spoken of, the whole person is rep- 
resented by an incorporated pronoun, and the part by a noun in apposition 
with the pronoun; as, nape mayaduza (hand me-thou-takest), thou takest me 
by the hand, or thou takest my hand. Compare the French, ‘me prendre la 
main.’ 
