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... pronouns , 174 Transitions , 183 Tenses and moods , compound words , multiplied forms , defective information , 197 Suggestions respecting highly inflected languages , Grammatical forms in the earliest stages of society , 201 206 No. 1 ...
... pronouns , 174 Transitions , 183 Tenses and moods , compound words , multiplied forms , defective information , 197 Suggestions respecting highly inflected languages , Grammatical forms in the earliest stages of society , 201 206 No. 1 ...
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... pronouns of the first and second person belong also in the Indian languages to the class of primitive words . No definitive opinion can , for want of sufficient materials , be formed with respect to prepositions . An apprehension of ...
... pronouns of the first and second person belong also in the Indian languages to the class of primitive words . No definitive opinion can , for want of sufficient materials , be formed with respect to prepositions . An apprehension of ...
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... pronoun with the verb , such as Soui for Je suis . In one , in the Ardennes , the pronoun coalesces with the noun , as in our Indian languages ; M'per , and S'per , for Mon père and Son père . Mr. Heckewelder's apostrophe has , probably ...
... pronoun with the verb , such as Soui for Je suis . In one , in the Ardennes , the pronoun coalesces with the noun , as in our Indian languages ; M'per , and S'per , for Mon père and Son père . Mr. Heckewelder's apostrophe has , probably ...
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... pronoun of the third person . Zeisberger also discovered it in some Onondago nouns , where , as well as in the pronoun of that dialect , it is generally expressed by pre- fixing or inserting the sound g : sajadat , ' a male ' ; sgajadat ...
... pronoun of the third person . Zeisberger also discovered it in some Onondago nouns , where , as well as in the pronoun of that dialect , it is generally expressed by pre- fixing or inserting the sound g : sajadat , ' a male ' ; sgajadat ...
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... pronoun it , distinct from those for he or she . And Father Brebeuf , in the letter already alluded to , amongst the most remarkable features of the Huron verbs , says , " that they have some for animated beings , and others for things ...
... pronoun it , distinct from those for he or she . And Father Brebeuf , in the letter already alluded to , amongst the most remarkable features of the Huron verbs , says , " that they have some for animated beings , and others for things ...
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