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CATÁLOGO RAZONADO DE LA SECCIÓN LINGÜíS'l'ICA
Tbese pronouns undergo no cbang·e but that of being contra.c–
ted whPn used in connections with adjectivés and verbs.
2. Possessive :
The possessive pronouns are the same as the personal, and are
used in their contracted form as pretixes to the nouns they
go~
vern, viz.
Singular
l'."
i-oci.ii,
rny tent.
Mi'i-oau,
thy tent.
Di'i-oau,
his, her tent.
Yi-am.el,my child.
Jlfi'i-amel,
thy chilcl.
Dlí-amel,
hi , her chilcl.
Yi-yfrnn,
my country.
Mi'i-y'iriin,
thy country.
Dct-yinin,
bis, her country.
Ush-oaii,
om· tent.
Mésh-oa1i,
your tent.
D'ésh-caii,
their tent.
Plural
Dna.t
Uc-oaii,
our tent.
M'éc-oaii,
your tent.
D'éc-caii,
their tent.
Uo-amel,
onr cbilcl.
Miío-amel,
your chilcl.
Dec-amel,
their chiltl.
Uc-yiriin,
our country.
jj['éc-yiriin,
your country.
D'éc-yinin,
their country.
Ush-amel,
our child.
M'ésh-ainel,
your chilrl.
D'és-hamel,
their chil<l.
Ush-yinm,
our country.
M 'ésh-yirim,
your country.
D~sh-yirim,
their country.
.N.
B. - Sorne nouns drop their initial wben
preced~cl
by a
pronoun (v. p. 261).
!3.
D einonstrative :
Win
or
1Pino,
this, these;
mir
or
niiro,
that, those;
hem,
tba.t.