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hateloana 
hadimiana 
hajitoana 
three days 
five days 
seven days 
Or they simply prefix the number to the word for day ; as, roa 
andro, two days. 
The pronouns are some of them numerous, especially the demon¬ 
strative, which are often apparently adverbs of place. The 
personal pronouns are: — 
1st Person 
2nd „ 
3rd „ 
Nominative Case. 
Singular. 
izaho , or aho I 
hianao thou 
izy he, she, or it 
Plural. 
1st Per. isikia we, including the 
speaker and par¬ 
ties spoken to. 
„ izahay we, excluding the 
party spoken to, 
but including 
the speaker and 
party spoken of. 
2nd „ hianareo ye, or you. 
3rd „ izy, or izareo they. 
Possessive inseparable affixes. 
1st Per. Sing. 
ko , 0 
my, of me, by me. 
2nd „ 
nao , ao 
thy, of thee, by thee. 
3rd „ 
ny 
his, hers, its, by him, &c. 
1st Per. Plural 
ntsikia 
our, by us, including speaker and spoken to. 
5? 
nay, ay 
our, by us, excluding the party spoken to. 
2nd „ 
nareo, areo 
your, by you. 
3rd „ 
ny 
their, by them. 
Objective 
governed by Active Verbs. 
1st Per. Sing. 
ahy 
me. 
2nd „ 
anao 
thee. 
3rd „ 
azy 
him, her, it. 
1st Per. Plural 
antsiki 
we, including speaker, and party spoken to. 
f? 
an ay 
we, excluding the party spoken to. 
2nd „ 
anareo 
ye. 
3rd „ 
azy 
them. 
The demonstrative pronouns, which are abundant, add greatly 
to the precision of meaning by pointing out definitively the posi¬ 
tion, nearness, or distance of the persons or things spoken of. 
