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124 LANGUAGE. PLURAL. Nom. kornar, men. Gen. kornan, of men. Da. kornungar, to men. Ac. kornar, men. YOG. kornuna, O men. Ab. kornar, by men. Exative kornungar, from men. Ergative kornan, with men.

The following is the declension of the personal pronouns: — FIRST PERSON. SINGULAR. DUAL. PLURAL. Nom., ngape, I. ngel, we two. ngurn, we. Ac., ngan, me. lam, us two. nam, us. Caus., ngati, by me. ngel, by us two. ngurn, by us. SECOND PERSON. SINGULAR. DUAL. PLURAL. Nom., nginte, thou. ngurl, you two. ngun, you. Ac., ngum, thee. lom, you two. nom, you, Voc., nginta, 0 thou. ngurla, 0 you two. nguna, 0 you. Caus., nginte, by thee. ngurl, by you two. ngun, by you. THIRD PERSON. SINGULAR. DUAL PLURAL. Nom., kitye, he, she, it. kengk, they two. kar, they. Ac., kin, him. kenggun, they two. kan, them. Caus., kil, by him. kengk, by them two. kar, by them. Personal pronouns are also used in an abbreviated form for the sake of euphony as affixed to nouns. The following is the commonly-used short and euphonised form: — FIRST PERSON. SINGULAR. DUAL. PLURAL. Nom., ap p, I. angal, we two. arn, we. Ac., an, me. alam, us two. anam, us. Caus., atte, by me. angal, by us two. arn, by us. SECOND PERSON. SINGULAR. DUAL. PLURAL. Nom., ind, inde, thou. ungul, you two. ungune, you. Ac., um, thee. olom, you two. onom, you. Voc., inda, 0 thou. ula, 0 you two. una, 0 you. Caus., inde, by thee. ungul, by you two. ungune, by you.