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, ki-ma-ara-pi-ra-koshi. 1000, i-su-ki-ka-ku-hi. 



, ku pa-am -pi ra-kosh. 100,000, i-sii-ki ka-ku-hi-i-su'h-m41i-a-na. 



, te-tuk-e-am-pi-ra-kosh. na-ka-raaha-na, _/?>*'? one, oy first time. 



, m41i-pe-am-pi-ra-kosh. i-k4-ha-shamah-a-na, last one, or last 



after to-morrow; ten-hasL, afar off. 

 IV. Pre] 



"/. Prepositions follow the nouns they govern : as, peh-ti, h\j, mi-p6h- 

 ti-nak-ta, sit hy me ; mun-i-ku'sh-ta, throufjh the icater ; ti-ro'k-ta, in the 



8. ken-i and ek-te'k, «nJ; ken-i-e-plsh, anrf /s«io?; ken-i-wa-ki-w4- 

 wa-rush, and I told him. 



VII. Pronouns. 



9. Pronouns are simple or fragmentary. The fragmentary pronouns 

 are used in the declension of nouns and adjectives and in the conjugation 

 of verbs. The following may be regarded as an example of the intensive 

 form of the simple pronoun. 



ml-o-na,/,r«y.e//, or /am. 





mi-o-na, we, ourselves, &c. 



ni-o-na, thou, thyself, &c. 





ni-4-o-na, you, yourselves, &c. 



i-o-na, he, himself, &c. 





i-4-o-na, they, themselves, &c. 



The form of the fragmentary 





lensions of nouns and adjective 



5. 





ini-hu'n-de, my mother. 







ni-hu'nde, thy mother. 







^-l^^'n-dejkif mother. 







mons, my xvife. 





monker-ish, my wives. 



nons, ihy wife. 





nonker-ish, thy wives. 



tons, his Wife. 





konker-ish, his wives. 



niin-i-ke, my son 





min-i-kosh, my sons. 



mn-i-ke,%.o«.' 





nin-i-kosh, thy sons. 



i-ko-ni-ke, his son. 





i-ko-ni-kosh, his sons. 



ma-shlsh,/ am ^oorf. 





r^n-Bhlsh, we are ffood. 



'■i-slush, thou art cjood. 





ni-a-shlsh, you are pood. 



ny.\.l^,heisgood. 





i-a-shish, they are good. 





Verbs. 



The following examples show 



the 



changes in the form of the verbs. 



i-wa-seh-osh, / do or perform, any 



i-a-i-seh-osh, they, <fec. 

 nu-nomp-sha-seh-osh, we both do, 



i-da-seh-osh, thou, &c. 





&c. 



i-i-seh-osh, he, &c. 





i-wa-seh-t5^h, 7. <tc. 



i^u-i-seh-osh, we, &c. 





ni-de-seh-tosh, thou, &c. 



ni-i-seh-6sh,yo«,&c. 





i-seh-tosh, he, &c. 



