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j 8 TELOOGOO GRAMMAR, Plural. M. & F. N. N. &5o .................. q ........................ they, these. G. &8 or fc8Soor_ . ...i^S or &3iaxir_ ..... o/^Aew, these. D. Ace. Ab. 8- -er - - . . .6. - - - **. . .in ^a and ^^ are vulgarly Avritten o^S and QX, jj.

DEMONSTRATIVE REMOTE.

Singular.

M. F 5r N. N. *rcafo .................. a ......... . .Ae, she and it, that. G. -sr? - -snS)^oSl_ . . . TS^ --^^^ooj_ . . . O fhim, her and it, that. D. -SJ^^I ..................... -25*^3 ............... .. .to him, her and it, that. Ace. "sr ^ ..................... 7?T> ^ .................. him, her and it, that. Ab. -sr^. .er 6 - ^#- ^..TS* ^..er 6 .^^.^ t - n <. Awn, Aer & if, jtf. 4- F. N. N. -s^Sb ..................... & ................ they, those. G. ~^8 - T^8"^>o I' ...-5P> 63 --5T" iS ^o?f_ .o/* ^Ae D. "sr8 .................. "sy^Si ............. to them, those. Ace. TT8^ ................. ^n'^SfD ............ them, those. Ab. -sr8..er- T&&.S*. . thS M C^. < 4Jr.iS ft m -c. them, those.

264 It will be observed that the change of ^ ee to a and of <9 z to & u, in the first syllable of these pronouns, is the only difference between them.

265 Besides the plurals >& and "wSb, these two pronouns, like some of the regular !33fC3& nouns*, occasionally take irregular plurals ; thus, >5b often o becomes ^ C( ^ or bc&>i and "^r5b is changed into "5^c<^> or "S^c ^^. In this case, they make the inflexion plural >C< or &C i^, and "S 3 ^ ^ or and the accusative plural,^ c^ixO O r CCiY^, and" 5 ^^^ 3 or rc