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16. Definite and distinctive; 

 ok ak o, the one wliom, any one wliom. 



17. Contradistinctives; 

 ano, vno, eno, as for him, her, it, tliem. 

 kvno, mvno, okvno. 



18. Definite distinctive; 



ak o, the one whom, lie wlioin, those wliom and not others, ak ok, 

 Luke VIII. 12. 



19. Distinctive definite; 

 aka, him, her, tliem. 



20. Renewed mention distinctive ; 

 ash o, tlie said. 



21. Conditional; 



1. Definite, kma, if him, if her, if it, if them. Lnke XII. 53. 



2. Distinctive, okma, if so. 



1. Definite, km vno, if him, etc., what then. 



2. Distinctive, okmvno, if so what then. 



21. Comparative forms; 



1. Nom. ak het, particularly he, she, it, you, I, or they. 



2. Oblique, ak hi, particularly him, her, it, you, me, or them. 



22. Predicative form; 



1. Definite, ah, eh, he is, she is, it is, they are. 



2. Distinctive, oh. 



1. Definite and final, shkeh, it is. 



2. Distinctive and final, okeh, it is so and in no other way. 



23. Ancient and sonorous forms; 

 oclia, hocha, yocha. ona, hona, yona. 

 katoha. kanoha. 

 okakanto. okakano. 

 okakocha. akakona. 



These were formerly used by the orators at the public assemblies, but 

 are now almost obsolete.^ 



The compound forms often admit of both the articles, the pronouns, 

 and the relatives, in their translation; alam okash, he the one who; 

 nukhaklo vkleha yokvto, the last word being composed of y euphonic, o 

 distinctive, k demonstrative, a definite (varied to v), t connective, and o 

 final, and is in foiin a contra-distinctive, ' ' the merciful, they who are so, 

 as for them, they." 



§ 27. Position of the article-pronouns. The article and personal pro- 

 nouns generally follow nouns and their attributes. The relatives follow 

 pronouns, verbs and their attributes; vno vt, I who, ia li tuk vt, I who 

 went I, Svso ilvppvt illi tuk osh, falamvt okchaya hoke, Luke XV. 24. 



' In former times there was a well known solemn style which abounded in sonorous words. One 

 partof a sentence was nicely balanced by another, and in delivery a chanting or metrical intonation 

 was used. At the close of each paragraph the orator would invite the people to listen, who would 

 in turn indicate approval by crying out yvmmah ! It is that ! (or " that's so"); andvlphesa! It is 

 right! The most frequent peculiarity of the style was the lengthened pronominal suffixes, as for 

 instance, Nanta hocha? What is it? Nana hona, something. (Byington MSS). 



