INTEODUCTION.
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��Possessive forms are —
��1st.
��Sing. — No-ku, his-ug, kana-ku, kona-gku, rahak, tio-ku, unyak ; Plu. — No-ra, isa-riti, kana-dro, kona-ra, otea, uja.
2nd. Sing. — No-m, liisa-m, kana-mo, kona-rai, raha-m, o un ; Plu. — No-iiim, isa-hamdi, kana-miu, kona-munu, ana, un-yimia.
Fijian Proxouns. Fijian pronouns are : —
Singular. Binal,
First.
I inchi. Koi-l--e -darn \ rxclu. Koi-keivsLV. inclu. I-ke-darvL exclu. /-keirau inclu. Kedaru exclu. Keirau
Second. Koi-ke-mu-dvaM /-ie-mudrau Kemudrau
Third. Koi-rniM I-rau ; drau
��Nom. — Kol-a-\v\
Poss. nku
Obj. — Au
Nom. — Ko-i-ko Poss. — -mu Obj. — Iko
��Ternal.
Koi-h-e-diAou
iToJ-keitou
/-i'e-datou
/-keitou
Kedatou
Keitou
Koi-he-mu-do\\
/-Z;e-mudou
Kemudou
��Plural.
Koi-ke-da.
A'oi-keimami
I-ke-da.
/-keimami
Keda
Keimami
iToi-kemuni
J-ke-ranni
Kemuni
��Nom. — Ko-koya Poss. — I-keya; -na Obj. — Koya.
��Kau
��A'o-iratou Ko-i-va.
I-ratou ; dratou I-ra ; dra I-ratou I-ra.
��t Those syllables which are printed in italics maj- be dropped off in succession for various uses of the pronouns.
Demonstratives ax^e : —
guo, ' this, these ' ; o koya o guo, (sing.) ' this ' ; o ira o guo, 'these.' O gori, 'that, those'; o koya o gori (sing.), 'that'; o ira o gori (plu.), 'those.'
Albannic Pronouns. In the Albannic (Tukiok) dialect, the pronouns are : — •
��Singular.
� �Binal.*
�Ternal.
�Plural.
�1st — lau, io, yo
�/ inclu. \ exclu.
�da-ra mi-ra
�da-tul mi-tul
�dat me-at
�2nd — U 01' ui
� �mvi-ru
�mu-tul
�mu-at
�3rd — la or i
� �dia-ra
�di-tul
�di-at
��This is a long list, and yet it may be useful, as showing how- great a variety there is in the pronominal forms of the Australian and Melanesian languages. But these forms, if subjected to analysis and comparison, will be found to resolve themselves into a few simple elements. In examining the Australian pronouns now given, we must bear in mind that they are subject to some
- I lyreiev Binal and Ternal, because they signify 'two (three) each time.'
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