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§ 29. The suffix of the comparative I case gete, signifies 

 " as compared " with ; for instance : 



Met eci'e-'jete tu' del'' co'moi 



With my father compared he is 

 big (/. e., bigger). 



§ 30. The suffix of the Comparative II Case, ti'te, means 

 like ; for example : 



Tu'del' met ea'e-d'te e'rcecoro'mox^ He hke my father is a poor 



man. 



§ 31. TemporaHs uic or mo changes a noun into an adverb 

 of time : 



Pojerxo' day ; pojerxo' -mo in the daytime. 



Ogo'ye to-morrow ; o'goyel-me in the morning. 



Yu'ole evening ; yu'ole-jne in the evening. 



^32. Complete Table of Declension of a Noun. 



Case. 



Indefinite 



Suffixes. 



Definite Suffixes. 



With a Possessive 

 Element. 



Nominative 



Erne' i-mother 



Emeik'; Emeilek' 



Eme'igi 



Dative 



Eme'inin 





Eme'idenin 



Locative 



Eme'ige 



— 



Eme'idege 



Viahs 



Eme'igen 





Erne' idegen 



Ablative 



Eme'iget' 





Eme'ideget'' 



Accusative 



Eme'ile 



Emeik' ; Emeilek'- 



Eme'igi ; Eme'i- 

 gele ; Erne' ideiile 

 ( = Ej/ie'idegele) 



Instrumental 



Eine'ile 





Eme'idele 



Comitative 



Erne' in- e 





Eme'iden -e 



Comparative I 



Eme'igete 





Erne' idegete 



Comparative II 



Eme'i-li'te 







Temporalis 









§ 33. Plural Number. — The plural is formed by the addition 

 of pc or pill'. It is very difficult to define by a general rule 

 when one of these forms should be used. Most nouns receive 

 the addition, now of one, now of the other, of these two forms. 

 For instance, coro'mo (man) may be coro' rno-pc and coro' ino-pul^ 

 in the plural. Generally pe is preferred after a consonant and 



