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Page 172
... person spoken to . The k ' , characteristic of the second person , is always ... third number is a dual , or a defi- nite plural . It appears to be a dual in ... third persons ; the first , third , and fifth are three distinct forms of ...
... person spoken to . The k ' , characteristic of the second person , is always ... third number is a dual , or a defi- nite plural . It appears to be a dual in ... third persons ; the first , third , and fifth are three distinct forms of ...
Page 177
... third person ; the variations of hand and hands , and of my , thy , his , our , belonging properly , the first to the noun and the other to the pronoun . The notions of time belong properly to the action and not to the object , to the ...
... third person ; the variations of hand and hands , and of my , thy , his , our , belonging properly , the first to the noun and the other to the pronoun . The notions of time belong properly to the action and not to the object , to the ...
Page 178
... third person , for which there is no personal pronoun in the Choctaw , and no distinction between the sin- gular and plural in some other languages . In the Sioux also , the general termination pee , designates alone the plural in many ...
... third person , for which there is no personal pronoun in the Choctaw , and no distinction between the sin- gular and plural in some other languages . In the Sioux also , the general termination pee , designates alone the plural in many ...
Page 180
... person , or to the number of persons , who own the house . The same observation applies to the combinations of the verb with the pronoun . The variations of number or of person ( first , second , or third ) , either as agent , or as ...
... person , or to the number of persons , who own the house . The same observation applies to the combinations of the verb with the pronoun . The variations of number or of person ( first , second , or third ) , either as agent , or as ...
Page 182
... third person , the want of a word for it in some languages , and its occasional omission in others , may be traced to the same cause ; not to a want of precision , but to the tendency to avoid whatever was not definite and precise . The ...
... third person , the want of a word for it in some languages , and its occasional omission in others , may be traced to the same cause ; not to a want of precision , but to the tendency to avoid whatever was not definite and precise . The ...
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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