qe vasuar o qeta lue ma, if you find taro pull (it) up. The same is the case with 3rd plural ra.
(h) Pronouns suffixed to Nouns.
| Singular. | 1. k, ku. 2. ma, m. 3. na, n. |
| Plural. | 1. incl. nina, excl. mam. 2. miu. 3, ra, r. |
(1) Of these the Singular only is a distinct Pronoun.
(2) These are suffixed to the particular Class of Nouns; see Nouns 1. (a); above described.
(3) The 3rd sing, n, as distinct from na, points to some particular person; ape kikin o tanun by a man's side, ape kiki ima beside a house; o tete we tako ape sus tavine an infant hangs at a woman's breast, but ape susun ravevena at its mother's.
(4) In the Exclusive 1st and 3rd Dual and Trial, n is introduced before the suffixed Pronoun; napanenkara, napanenkatol, hands of us two, or three; napanenrara, napanenratol, of them two, three; but in the 3rd person not always so.
(5) After k is often added the syllable sa; napaneksa my hand; which cannot be explained.
2. Demonstrative Pronouns.
Iloke, loke, this; ilone, lone, that; ike, this, ine, that.
Of these ine and ike can be used with the articles o and i, as if Nouns; but in tamaike, tamaine, like this, like that, are seen to be Pronouns.
To all these the Demonstratives nake, nane, are often added; ke being a demonstrative particle pointing near, and ne farther away.
The plural ragai is also a demonstrative Pronoun; often, with the personal Article, iragai, those. Dual iragera, ragera; Trial iragetol, ragetol.
3. Interrogative Pronouns.
The Nouns sei, sava, with Personal Articles make isei who? singular, irasei who? plural; irosei who? of a woman, irarosei of women; with the demonstrative Article o sava what?
(a) Sei represents the name, not the person himself; isei? really asks what is that person's name? To ask a name is not o sava nasasana? what is his name, but isei nasasana?
(b) Sava is shewn a Noun bry the question nasavama? your what? of a part of the body or a relative. Person's names being names of things, the Personal Article with sava asks a person's name; i sava? who? iro sava? who? of a woman.
Sava becomes sa; o sa? what?
4. Indefinite Pronouns.
The Nouns sei and sava also make Indefinite Pronouns; isei, irasei some one, some persons, o sava some, any, thing.
A word which is also a numeral, tea, is also an indefinite Pronoun, some, any.
The distributive val expresses 'each.'
There are no Relative Pronouns; care must be taken lest an Indefinite be used as Relative.
