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prefixes, and suffices, or juxta-position); ex: Tápè = = Taba, town, + pè, supè, (prep.) to, to the town; moraukepé = morauke, work, labor, + pè = yepè, one or the first,— Monday, that is, the first working-day.
(e)
18. When the pronouns of the first and second persons sing.—xe=se, (I and my);— nè = re, (thou and thy)—are followed by some word beginning with t, this is changed into r; ex:—tatà, fire, se or xe-ratà, my fire; túba, father, ne-ruba, thy father.
(i)
19. If the possessive pronoun i, his, her and whose, etc., is followed by a word, beginning with s, this is changed into x ; ex: Siyra, aunt, —i-xiyra, his or her aunt; Siy, mother,— i-xiy, her or his mother; sò, to go, i-xò, his going; sui, of, —x-cui, of him or of her; supè, to, —i-xupé, to him, etc.
