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from, or of him, of her, of them; as, in chumpah, he buys for or from liim, 

 her, or them; i kaucliili, lie sells to him, or for him, or them; im ia lih, I 

 go for him, imonah, she goes to him ; pirn vlah, he comes to us, or for us. 

 Before passive and neuter verbs they may be translated by of him, for 

 him, to him; or, by I, thou, he. Examples: 



Passive verbs, intvllakchih, she is bound for him. 

 i boa, it is beaten for him. 

 im patafah, it is plowed for him. 

 ■ Neuter verbs, i kulloh, he is hard to him. 



im achukmah, he, she, it is good to him, 

 im pnttah, they are all for him, aU his. 

 in tonlah, it lies for him. 



im ashah, they sit for him. ' 



im ahobah, it seems to him. 

 § 17. The reflexive. 

 This is ille, ill, he himself, she herself, etc. It is used where the subject 

 and object are the same. Example: 



ille takchi, to tie himself or herself. 

 Affirmative forms. 



ille takchih lih, I tie myself, 



ish ille takchih, thou tiest thyself, 



ille takchih, he ties himself, she, it, etc. 



il ille takchih, we tie ourselves (def ). 



iloh ille takchih, we tie ourselves (dis). 



hvsh ille takchih, you tie yourselves, 



ille takchih, they tie themselves. 



Negative forms. 



ak ille takchoh, I do not tie myself 



chik ille takchoh, thou dost not tie thyself. 



ik ille takchoh, he, she, does not tie himself, herself. 



we do not tie ourselves. 



kil ille takchoh, \ 

 kiloh ille takchoh, ) 

 hvchik ille takchoh, you do not tie yourselves. 



ik ille takchoh, ' they do not tie themselves. 



§ 18. The reciprocal-personal. 

 This is itti, itt; the former before a consonant, the latter before a vowel. 

 They are used where the subject and object both being either in the nom- 

 inative or oblique case mutually act on each other; as, itti takchih, to tie 

 each other together. Examples: 



itti takchilih, I tie him together with me. 



ish itti takchih, thou tiest him together with thyself. 



itti takchih, he, she, it, they tie each other together. 



il itti takchih, we tie each other together, (def). 



iloh itti takchih, (dis). 



hvsh itti takchih, you tie each other together. 



itti halvUih, they pull each other. 



