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of the long sound of a, ns in Ogima, ;i chief — the possessive is fun. The 

 souikI of i, in the third declension, is that of i in ]»in, and the sound of 



u, in the fifth declension, is that of u in bull. The latter will he uni- 

 formly represented by i ". 



The I us run throughout both the animate and in- 



animate classes of nouns, with some » i in the latter — as knife, 



bowl, paddle, &c 



Inanimate DOUOSare thus d\ dined. 

 N linative, [shkodai, i 



My, Nin Pishkod-nim. 



Thy, Ki Dishkol-aim. 

 His, O Diahkod-aim. 

 Our, Ki Pishkod-aim-inan. (in.) 

 — Ni Pishkod-aim-inan. (ex.) 



Your, Ki Pishkod-aim-iwa. 

 Their, O Bjjshko-aim-iwa. 

 • words which form exceptions from this declension, take the 

 ;ble pronouns before them, as follows. 

 Mokoman, A Knife. 

 Ni mokoman, My Knife. 

 Ki ::. .. Thy Knife. 



t ) mokoman, 1 lis Knife, a . 



iy in the same manner as 



■an [>t in the third person, which takes to the posessive in- 



eem, im. 6m, oom, the objective particle un, denoting tlie 



i of this person, both in the singular and plural, simun, 



. m, irnun, omun, oomun, and the variation of the first vowel sound, 



amun. Thus, to furnish an example of the second declension, pizhiki, a 



bison, chai _ - its forms to Dim, bizhik-im, my bison — ke bizhik-im, 



1 > bizhik-imun, his bison, or If 



Tin- cause of this double inflection in the third person, may ]»■ 1. ft for 



future inquiry. But we may add further examples in aid of it. We 



cannot simply say. The chief has killed a bear, <»r. to reverse the object 



a which th of the verb is exerted, The bear has killed s 



chief. But, of ni mukwarn, literally, Chief he has killed 



him hear. or. mukwah Ogi DJSB&fl OgimtJI, Hear he has killed him ehief. 



H<r- 1 1 1 • - verb and the noun are lxitli objective in un, which is BOUnd d 



In, ■ - after tin of a, asm missln, obj ctn 



tli..- verb to kill. If w< coif r the | owen ofthe Bnghsh i i m sare, 



