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3. Til' del'' me'tkele ui' eju, met'' He called me, I into his house 



nu'jHodege co'iiye went. 



§ 25. The inflection ge of the accusative is used in a word 

 constituting a direct object of the subject in the third person, if 

 the direct object belongs to the first or second person, or to the 

 subject proper. 



Examples without the element ge : 



1. Met' tet' mo' go miw I thy cap took. 



2. Tet' met' mo' go mi'7fmik' Thou my cap tookest. 



3. Tu' del' mo'go-lo mi'jum He a cap took. 



Examples with the element gc : 



1. Til' del'^ met' mo'go-gele mi'jum He took my cap. 



2. EH' e tet' mo'go-gele 7Jii'jum Father took thy cap. 



3. EH' e tu'de mo'go-gele mi'jum Father his cap took. 



§ 26. The inflection dege, or deti in its abbreviated form, is 

 introduced to indicate that the direct object belongs not to the 

 subject, but to some third person. 



Met eH ' e yo'ndodege, met caca My father when he slept (in his 



7710' godegele (or 7710'godeule') 77ii'ju7n sleep) my elder brother his 



(/. e., father's) cap took. 



§ 27. The suffix of the instrumental case, h\ signifies an 

 instrument or a means. Though the indefinite accusative has 

 the same suffix, le, the two seem to be of a different origin. 

 The instrumental suffix Ic is used indifferently, no matter what 

 person the subject may be. 



1. Met' li'pe-le xa'i'te I with a spade dig. 



2. Tet cfce-le^ kie'cek' Thou earnest on reindeer. 



§ 28. The suffix of the comitative case ire, is used in place 

 of the preposition ivitJi. 



Met eH'e-ire kie'ce I with father came. 



Tu' del eH'e-de7i'e 7710' doi He with his father lives. 



^ A^^e-le is, properly speaking, in the singular number; but in such cases the 

 singular is frequently used instead of the plural. 



