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4. The vowel uttered by itself ends witli a jerk, wliicli in combina- 
tion with other sounds becomes h, j, or m as a’, ah, aj, or am. The 
formation of the pronouns will thus be olear : 
ya 
ya 
yah 
yaj 
yam 
1 
a 
a’ 
ah 
aj 
am 
thou 
i 
i ’ 
ih 
ij 
im 
he, she, it 
sa 
sa’ 
sah 
saj 
sam 
we 
asa 
asa’ 
asah 
asaj 
asam 
y e 
is 
is 
is 
is 
is 
them 
5. Comparing the pronouns of 
surrounding tribes we llave : 
ah, Choroti 
ah, Suhin 
ak-ka, Enimaga 
ak-ami, Mbaya (mase.) 
k-am, Quechua 
the second person singular with the 
am, Choroti 
am, Toba 
am, Vejoz and Mataco 
am ; ami, Mbaya (fem.) 
h-am, Paiyagua (Parodi) 
G. The first person singular is fornied from the second by the pre- 
fix y in the following : 
yah, Choroti 
yak, Suhin 
yak-ka, Enimaga 
yam, Choroti 
aiyim, Toba 
i yam, Vejoz 
yam, Paiyagua (Parodi) 
7. The distinetive letter and plural formation varios in the dilTerent 
dialects, e.g. : 
N-amel (Vejoz), we K-ami (Toba), ye. 
III. P ossessive Inflections 
1. The possessive particles are simply the personal pronouns pre- 
fixed to the nouns, but modified before certain letters. The possessive 
pronoun itself is a olear ex ampie. Po is an indeclinable verb of pos- 
session ; ka is a substantive. 
yam yo, I have, possess 
am po, thou liast 
im po, he has 
sam po, we have 
asam po, ye have 
im po, thoy have 
ya-ka, I having, my possession, 
mine 
a-ka, thine 
i-ka, his, her, its 
sa-ka, our 
as-ka, 3 ’our 
i-ka, their 
