These are all without inflections save this last, which has its
genitive am?va, being declined like amet. Nee vasu, likewise means I
myself.
Nee sen?va is, I alone; the plural, tamide am?ve, we alone; but
neither sen?va nor am?ve are declined, only the pronouns that
accompany them.
GUAGUA, VUT.
18, 19. _Possessive Pronouns_ are the genitives of the primitive;
thus, no v?nama, means, my hat, no being the genitive of nee, and
the same with the rest. But in order to say, this is mine, guagua is
used applied to inanimate things, as, veride quit no guagua, this is
my house; or vut applied to animate, as, veride cavadu no vut, this
horse is mine; and with the change of person those genitives of the
primitive must be added, as, no guagua, mine; amo guagua, thine, are
guagua, his, &c., no vut, mine, &c. (Another manner of expressing the
possessive has been given in section 12.)
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VERB.
Here opens a very broad field whereon may be observed the excellence
of this language that is considered barbarous.
Conjugation of the verb hi?sguan, I write, or paint.
INDICATIVE MOOD.--PRESENT TIME.
_Singular._
ACTIVE VOICE. PASSIVE VOICE.
Nee hi?sgnan, I write, Nee hi?sguadauh, I am written,
Nap hiosguan, You write, N?p hi?sguadauh, You are written,
Id, or At, hiosguan, He writes, Id, or At, hi?sguadauh, He is written.
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