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... animate in other languages , are distinguished by a varied inflection . The degrees of comparison are in almost every language expressed by words , corresponding to the English more and most , prece- ding or following the adjective . It ...
... animate in other languages , are distinguished by a varied inflection . The degrees of comparison are in almost every language expressed by words , corresponding to the English more and most , prece- ding or following the adjective . It ...
Page 217
... animate form , the nouns make their plural in og ; and in the inanimate , in ash . The way of affixing nouns with the pronouns is by using the noun in all the three persons , both singular and plural . EXAMPLES . Menutcheg , a hand ...
... animate form , the nouns make their plural in og ; and in the inanimate , in ash . The way of affixing nouns with the pronouns is by using the noun in all the three persons , both singular and plural . EXAMPLES . Menutcheg , a hand ...
Page 218
... animate form in es or esu . Inanimate , Animate , Wompi , white ; Wompesu , Plural , Wompiyeuash . Wompesuog . Put the affix ( pronoun ) to these , and they are verbs . Numerals , like adnouns , receive the grammatical variation ...
... animate form in es or esu . Inanimate , Animate , Wompi , white ; Wompesu , Plural , Wompiyeuash . Wompesuog . Put the affix ( pronoun ) to these , and they are verbs . Numerals , like adnouns , receive the grammatical variation ...
Page 219
... animate noun ; as , koowadchansh , ' I keep thee . ' 6 2. When animates are each other's object ; as , noowadchan- ittimun , we keep each other ' ; which form wants the singular number . 3. The suffix animate and inanimate object ; as ...
... animate noun ; as , koowadchansh , ' I keep thee . ' 6 2. When animates are each other's object ; as , noowadchan- ittimun , we keep each other ' ; which form wants the singular number . 3. The suffix animate and inanimate object ; as ...
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... animate objects . Substantives derived from verbs take , in the plural , the termination ik . Substantives combine themselves with almost every part of speech , but principally with the verb . Some are derived from verbs active , neuter ...
... animate objects . Substantives derived from verbs take , in the plural , the termination ik . Substantives combine themselves with almost every part of speech , but principally with the verb . Some are derived from verbs active , neuter ...
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees