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(c) Objective. 



"Wlieii directly governed by an active verb, the singular pronouns 

 take a suffix 7ia or no. 



1. ng'ona, ngona; ana (id:). 



2. ngino. 



3. noino, nu (s), (masc.) 



The dual and plural do not differ in form from the nominative. 



Example : Mingu ngita tigma 7iutan ? why do you try me ? ngita 

 ngona gasamoiginga, ye did not take me ; ngi adapa uzar a ngino malupa 

 taen, go out and cast thyself into the sea ; noino gasaman, take him ; 

 noino ngapa ngaeapa poiban, give him here to me. 



Ana is found only in Macgillivray's notice. He gives it as equi- 

 valent to "me or my," and states, "I do not understand the exact 

 meaning of this, ... so give an example," '■'■ ana gamu lupeipa = T:ir^ 

 body is shaking (or I have the ague) " [ii. p. 299]. He also gives 

 " ana pilci lalkall = I had a dream " ; " qiiilcu hikiri ana mizzi = I have 

 a sick head, or a head-ache"; " ana pibur aidu = give me (some) 

 food." 



{d.) The Possessive is formed as with nouns by the suffixes w, n, 

 ne, or nu. 



Singular, 1, ngau, ngaumun (masc.) ; uzu (m); (fem.) 



2. nginu. 



3. nongo, nungu; nunu (m) ; 7ie (s), (masc.) 



nam,u, (fem.) 



Dual, 1. flSflwe (ii), inclusive ; fl^Sewie (m), exclusive. 



2. ngipen; ngipeine (m). 



3. palamun ; paldman (m, s). 



Plural, 1. ng alp an {mohisiYe) ; n^omMW (exclusive). 



2. ngitamun; ngitanamun (u). 



3. tanamun; tanaman. 



The mu in the plural indicates number. Cf. Dative. 



Example : JVgau apu, my mother ; ngau iadai, my message ; ngau 

 nel, my name ; nginu lag'o, thy house ; nginu getd, thy hand ; nginu 

 apu, thy mother ; 7iongo kuiku, his head ; nongo kaimil, his relations ; 

 nongo kutaig, his brother ; nanu apu, her mother ; nanu lag'd, her house ; 

 nanu ngulaig, her ability ; albeine kaje (m), child of us two ; ngipen 

 paru, the front of you two ; ngipen ieudepa, the asking of you two ; 



