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§ 58. Indefinite pronouns : 



yen, ye' n/ek^, ye' nbon another cii'mii, cu' Jiiut^ all 



i' lie some, certain 0' tunun every 



or these pronouns, j/^0^/^<?;2 and i'lle (if not used as modifiers) 

 are declined. 



0' nimin is used as a post-position ; coro' mo-onmun, man 

 every. 



§ 59. There are no relative pronouns. Verbal nouns ending 

 in bon (see §112) are used instead of them (see also § 56). 



§ 60. The table on following page illustrates the declension of 

 personal and other pronouns. 



§ 61. With the exception of a few phonetic peculiarities, the 

 case-suffixes of pronouns are the same as those of nouns. 



Me' tin is used instead of me' tfiin, since h cannot follow /. 



Me't/re, in place of iiic' tn'c, since / and n blend into one nasal 

 sound, in. 



Titbo' dck\ instead of Tiibo' nlek\ etc. 



Special attention should be called to the accusative indefinite 

 of the personal pronouns, first and second persons, singular as 

 well as plural number. The accusative indefinite of these pro- 

 nouns has a special suffix for the direct object following a sub- 

 ject in the first and second person. In nouns, this form is identi- 

 cal with the nominative indefinite (see § 20). For example : 



Mel' te'tiil' kude'det' I thee shall kill. 



7>/' nie'lid' ka'udetmik' ? thou me wilt conduct? 



but 



Ju' del'- me'tkele ka' ude/n he me conducted. 



§62. The possessive absolute pronouns, Me' tie, etc., assume 

 the suffix of plurality, />///', which in oblique cases is put between 

 the case-suffix and the base : 



Mi'tlepul'' ours Mi'tle-pul-nin to ours. 



§ 63. Tn' bon, Ta'bun, Tan, kin, le'ute, ye' nbon, n'ilgi, 

 xo' dimei' , assume the suffix pe or pid' for the plural : 



