660 REPORT—1890. 4 
His father 
Near speaker [Near person address’d| Absent, visible Absent, invisible 
Near speaker 
yighkye o'mpkyes yigkye o'mpkyasug | yigkye o’'mpryasé yigkye o'’mpkyasé! 
Near person ad-| yiqug o’mpugsiky yiqug o'mpugs yiqug o'mdugsé , yt'qug o'mpugsée! 
dressed. ; 
Absent, visible yig Ompasiky vig Ompasug vig o'mpas vig o'mpase! . 
Absent, invisible | vig o’mpésiky yig Ompéesuq yig O'mpésa 
wig 0’ mpésé! 
Their father is formed correspondingly: yighye dmpdaoghyes, &e. 
The use of the various forms of the possessive pronoun is illustrated by the 
following examples :— 
héem wi'tldem gn o'mpa, that is what they said to my father (literally, that 
the word to my father). ; 
he'zm wa'tldem sen o'mpa, that is what my father said (that is my father's word). 
héem wa'tldemtl tsn o'mpa, that is what my father will say. 
henm watldemtl qn o'mpa or tsé gn o'mpa, that is what they will say to my father 
gyt' koa sen o'mpa, vay father’s house. 
gn O'mpa agé'tuk:, my father took it. 
tsa tsen tltn'mtlug la gn o'mpa, give my hat to my father. 
tsa qn titn'mtlug, give to my hat! 
tap e'tentla qyishyin likya'yuku, I broke this with my hammer here. 
tap ’é'tantla qgyin likya'yuku, I broke my hammer here. 
qn O'mpa ag é't tsn tltz'mtla, my father took my hat (away). 
qn Ompa agutlisot { es tlte'mtla, my father took my hat (but left it here). 
When the sentence contains an interrogative or demonstrative pronoun the pos- 
sessive pronoun is generally attached to them. 
nt'den likya'yi ? where is my hammer? gyi’mrn likyd'yi, here is my hammer. 
ni'nEn o'mpa ? where is my father? gyca'mgyin ompky née'hya, my father 
here said this. 
hé'meEn o'mpa né'kya, my (absent) father 
said it. 
The pronoun may be affixed to the noun as well: 
he (absent) is thy father, hé/=m d'mpé and hd'nm 4a'sé. 
he (absent) is your father, hiézms d'mpdaoqué and hiizm a'sdaoqué. 
It is remarkable that the possessive suffix may be given to the verb as well, at 
least in imperative forms: 
give me thy hat (near thee), g-2'tsds titz'mtluq. 
SUBSTANTIVE POSSESSIVE PRONOUN. 
: 2 Ours Ours 
= Mine | Thine | (inclusive) | (exclusive) | Yours 
Near speaker .- . .| nd'siky | ho'siky | no'sentsiky | nosnnughn | ho'sdaoghy 
Near person addressed | nd'sug | ha'sug | no'sentsug | nd'srnuqug ho'sdaoqug 
Absent, visible . no' sé ho' sé no'sEntsé no'spnugé ho'sdaogé 
Absent, invisible n0'sé" ho'sé no'sentsé' no'senugé’ | ho'sdaoge' 
His 
= Near speaker pie ase Absent, visible | Absent, invisible 
Near speaker hashyda' kika haskyda' hug haskya'k: hashya' ké 
Near person ad-| hasd'quqhk ihn haso' qoak ug haso'qoak: haso' qoaké 
dressed 
Absent, visible hase’ hikn haso' hug hasé'h: hasé'hé 
Absent, invisible | haséhihu hasok- ug hasé' Ek: hasé'Ehé 
