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accusative or genitive, and generally the same suffix is 

 accusative or genitive, according as it is attached to a verb 

 or a noun ; and the shortened form is sometimes nominative, 

 though usually accusative or genitive. Demonstratives are 

 •found attached to these pronouns, whether separate or suffix 

 (nun epenthetic). Generally all these statements are 

 equally applicable to Oc. 



First Singular. 



I, Mnau — i.e., inau, inu ; Heb., am. ; Syr., ina u, (u, hu, 

 dem.). 



Verbal person, a ; Heb., a. 



Verbal suffix, nau, nu ; Heb., ni. 



Nominal suffix, k, ku. Cf, Assy., ku, v. p. (separate form, 

 anaku ; Heb., anoki ; An., ainyak). My., aku, ku. ; Mg., 

 aho, ahy, ko ; Sam., a'u— i.e., aku. This My. ku is used as 

 v. p., v. s., and n. s. 



First Plural. 



In Oc, as in Heb., there are two pronouns of the first 

 person plural. 



1. Ef, imam — i.e., inam, inim, or iniim (commonly called 

 the exclusive). Heb., anu, originally anum (Green's Hebrew 

 Grammar) ; is, ina, I, and m, the indefinite plural demon- 

 strative as used after Sh. pronouns and nouns. 



V. p., au — i.e, a, the singular above, and u ; Heb., u, plural. 

 My. and Ef. (dialect), kami, kam, we — i.e., ku (above), I, and 

 m, plural ; hence, Ef., 



N. and v. s., kam, ngam. 



2. Ef., akit ; My., kita ; Ef., nmgita — i.e., nikit ; Heb., 

 anachnu ; Arm., anachna. This pronoun is commonly called 

 the inclusive (i.e., it means I you they) and it is probable 

 that this is what the Heb. anachnu originally meant, being 

 composed of ana, I ; ch, -ch-, you ; and nu, they (anun). 

 So Oc. akit, a, I ; -k-, you ; and ta (tu), they, as in Amharic, 

 in which arsu is he, arsafat, they (i.e., he, they). 



Second Singular. 



iVango, <xng (ng, i.e., k). Arm., Heb., Arb., ka, thee, thou ; 

 v.p., ku, v. pi. (like Eng., you for thou) : v.s., -ko, -k. Arm., 

 Heb., Arb., -ka, -k : n.s., ma (inu) ; v. pi., like your for 



