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It adds t, to form the nominative case, at, vt, et, it; 

 ■ a nasal sound, to form the oblique case, a, i; 

 h, to form an affirmative (predicate definite), ah, it is the; 

 h, and varies to e, to fonn an affinnative (predicate absolute), 



eh, it is; 

 k, to form a determinate definite, ak, the, that; and kvt, ket, 



kit; 

 sh, to form a renewed mention definite, ash, vsh, the said, the 



same; 

 mo, to form a renewed mention distinctive, amo, vmo, the ones. 

 It prefixes m in mvt, ma, mak, to express a simultaneous, or concomi- 

 tant object or act, the too ; e. g. Luke XVI. 35, Svso ma ! Son ! {i. e. 



thou, too, my son). 



§ 10. O DISTINCTIVE. 



O is modified in a similar manner. 



It adds sh, t, or cha, to form the nominative, osh, ot, ocha; 

 a nasal to foi-m the oblique case, o, ona; 



h, to form an affirmative (predicate distinctive), oh, that is so; 

 k, to form a determinate distinctive, ok, that one is so; 

 sh, to form a renewed mention distinctive, osh, the said ones; 

 mo, to form a renewed mention concomitant, omo, the said 



ones, too; 

 kb, to form an optative, okb, oh, that it were so; 

 km, to form a conditional, okm, if it were so; 

 keh, to form an affirmative contradistinctive, okeh, it is so and 



not otherwise; 

 t, cha, and na, to form connectives. 

 § 11. The definite and the distinctive are both Used separately after one 

 subject, and then the definite follows the noun, and the distinctive its 

 modification. Thus John III. 1, Hatak vt Falisi yosh, a man who was a 

 Pharisee ; Luke X. 39, itibapishi hvt Meli hohchifo hpsh, a sister whose 

 name was Mary. The distinctive may also be used first, and the definite 

 follow the modification ; Luke XL 27, ikfoka yvt yummak osh, the womb 

 that. 



§ 12. These two article-pronouns and their modifications combine with 

 each other to form the third class, the contradistinctives. 



§ 13. THE CONTRADISTINCTIVES. 



The definite a, in combination with the distinctive o : 

 at, et, vt, take o to form a contradistinctive a, to, eto, uto, nom. case. 

 a in the oblique case changes to an and takes o, ano, vno. 

 ak takes o to make the determinate contradistinctive, ako. 

 mak takes o to make a simultaneous or successive contradistinctive, 

 mako. 

 mvt in the nominative case takes o to form a contradistinctive, mvto. 

 m^ in the oblique case becomes man, and takes o, mano. 

 ak becomes ok in ak ok, for intensity of specification, 

 mak takes ok in mak ok, for the same reason. 



