��AN AUSTRALIAX LANGUAGE,
��6. Peokouns.
(a.) Personal Pronouns.
The personal pronouns have two forms in the nominative, the accusative, and the causative (Abh 1) cases, as shown in the para- digm below ; the second form is used ordy as an affix to nouns, or in rapid speaking. The third })ronoua is of all genders.
Paradigm of the Declension of the Personal Pronouns.
�� � �1st.
�2nd.
�3rd.
�17 om Gen. Dat.
Ace. Voc. AU.
�1.
1. 6,
�Gape, ap Gan-auwe* , Gan-amby , Gan-agk Gan, an
�Ginte, inde, ind Gum-auwe Gum-amby Gum-agk Gum, um Ginta, inda Ginte, inde Gum-any ir
�Kitye, itye, atye
Ivin-auwe
Kin-amby
Kin-agk
Kin, in, ityanian
�Gaty, attyt , Gan-anyir
�Kil, il
Kin-anyir
1st.
�-Dual
2nd.
�3rd.
�Norfi Gen. Dat.
Ace. Voc. All
�1.
2.
1.
6.
�Gel, agel Lam-auwe* Lam-amby Lam-agk Lam, alam
�Gurl, ugurl Lom auwe Lom-amby Lom-agk Lom, olom Gurla, ula Gurl, ugurl Lom-anyir
�Kegk, egk Keggun-auwe Keggun-amby Keggun-agk Keg-gun, eg-gim
�Gel, agelt Lam-anyir
�Kegk, egk Keggun-anyir
� � � �Plural
� � �1st.
�2nd.
�3rd.
�Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Ace. Voc. All.
�1.
2.
1. 6.
�Gum, arn Nam-auwe* Nam-amby Nam-agk Nam, anam
�Gun, ugiin Nom-auwe Nom-amby Nom-agk Nom, onom Guna, una Gun, ugun Nom-anyir
�Kar, ar Kan-auwe Kan-amby Kan-agk Kan, an
�Gui-n, arnf Nam-anyir
�Kar, ar Kan-anyir
�*A variant for the geniti
�re form in -auwe
�is -auwurle.
��+ This is the case which our author calls the Cavmthr-Ahlatlve ; I have entered it in the paradigms as Ahl. 1. ; it is equivalent to Threlkeld's A tjent-Komi native (Xom. 2), for which see page 11. — Ed.
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