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PRONOUNS. 



[Extra 'No. 



II. — Thied Peesonal Peonoun and Demonsteative Peonotjns. 

 The demonstrative pronouns " this" and " that" take the place of the 

 3rd personal pronoun, which only exists independently in the form of 

 the pronominal suffixes to be noticed hereafter. 



1. Proximate demonstrative pronoun. 



Singular. 



Nom. esh, e, i this, he 



Gen. esM, eshiya of this, his 



Dat. eshiyar to this, to him 



Ace. eshiya, eshiyar this, him 



Instr. eshiya he 



Abl. 'sh eshiya, go eshiya, &c. from this, from him &c. 



Plural. » 

 Nom. esh, eshin these, they 



Gen. eshani of these, their 



Dat. esham-a to these, to them 



Acc. esha?i, eshanra these, them 



Instr. eshani these, they 



Abl. 'sh eshani &c. from them &c. 



An intensive form is used with the prefix ham, sometimes corrupted 



to haw, as hawe, hamesh, hameshiya, hameshani &c., " this very one, by 



this one." 



2. Eemote demonstrative pronoun. 



Singular. 



Nom. an that, he 



Gen. anhi, awhiya of that, his 



Dat. arthiyar to him, that 



Acc. a7ihiyar, a?ihiya that, him 



Instr. a«hiya that, he 



Abl. 'sh arehiya &c. from him &c. 



Plural. 



ISTom. anhan, an those, they 



Gen. a^ihani of those, their. 



Dat. anhanva to those, them 



Acc. anhan, amha?tra those, them 



Instr. a«hani those, they 



Abl. 'sh arehani &c. from them &c. 



This pronoun has also an intensive form with the preflx ham or haw, 

 Mieaning " that one", " that very one", as hawa?}, hawa?ihiya &c. 



