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APPENDIX. 
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
Sing:. 
PI. 
t 
Possessive Case, Affixes . 
ko, o ; my, of me, by me, &c. 
nao, ao ; thy, of thee, by thee, 
ny; his, hers, its, by him, &c. 
nay, ay; our, by us, (exclusive of those 
addressed.) 
ntsikia; our, by us, (inclusive of those 
addressed.) 
— nareo, areo; your, by you. 
— ny ; their, by them, &c. 
Objective Case, governed by Active Verbs. 
Sing, ahy; me. 
— anao; thee. 
— azy ; him, her, it, 
$ anay; us, (exclusive of those addressed.) 
( antsikia; us, (inclusive of those addressed.) 
anareo; ye. 
azy ; them. 
There is a striking peculiarity in the Malagasy language, in 
its abundant supply of Demonstrative Pronouns, intended to 
define the distance of the persons or things spoken of in con¬ 
versation, as if to make them more distinctly present to the 
hearer’s mind, and in many cases as if to paint them to the 
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2nd - 
3rd - 
PI. 
eye. 
Many of these words may, perhaps, be more properly con¬ 
sidered Adverbs of place, than Demonstrative Pronouns; but 
the familiar use of them by the natives, leads one to class them 
under the present head, as probably the most appropriate on 
the whole. 
Ao, there; at a short distance; as, ao ala trano, there, outside 
the house. 
Eo, there, at a shorter distance ; as, eo ambaravarana, there, in 
the door. 
lo, there, close at hand; this one, distinctly pointed our.: 
io vazaha io, the white man there, this white man. 
Atsy, there; not at a very great distance. 
Etsy, there ; but nearer. 
Itsy, this, or these. 
Ity, this : Iny, that. 
Itikitra, this, or here in this place; on which the hand may even 
be placed. 
Ireny, those. 
Iretsy, those. 
Irery, within sight, those, but rather more distant than Iretsy. 
Itoy, this; pointing at, as if with the finger. 
