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Kuani e omap ash, “I love you” (singular).

When construed with passive verbs, the second person takes the substantive verb an after the verb; e.g.:—

E omap an, “you are loved.”

Echi kara an, “ye are made.”

The third person has as a rule no special forms for the objective case; but a the passive particle is sometimes used as an objective of the 3rd person, thus:—

Tan utara or shinnma utara a-kik nangoro, “they will probably be struck.”

Nei ainu a-ronnu wa isam, “those men have been killed.”

Set akara? “shall I prepare the table”?

Postpositions sometimes take the objective case of pronouns, and sometimes the full form; e.g.:—

En orowa omam, “he went from me.”

Un osh ek, “come behind us.”

Eani orowa no arapa guru, “the person who went after you.”

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§ III. THE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS.

The possessive forms of pronouns are obtained by adding koro, sometimes softened into goro, to the personal pronoun. Koro means, “to possess;” e.g.:—

SINGULAR.

PLURAL.

Ku koro, “my”

Chi koro “our.”

E koro, “thine”

Echi koro, “your.”

Tan guru koro. Nei guru koro. To an guru koro.

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“his” or “her.”

Tan okai utara koro. Nei okai utara koro. To an okai utara koro.

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“their.”

The double form may be used; thus:—

SINGULAR.	PLURAL.
Kuani ku goro, “my.”	Chi utara chi koro, “our.”
Eani e koro, “thy.”	Echi utara echi koro, “your.”

The following use of koro should also be noted.
Heikachi koro, “to nurse a child.”