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AN AINU GRAMMAR.
- Kuani e omap ash, “I love you” (singular).
When construed with passive verbs, the second person takes the substantive verb an after the verb; e.g.:—
- E omap an, “you are loved.”
- Echi kara an, “ye are made.”
The third person has as a rule no special forms for the objective case; but a the passive particle is sometimes used as an objective of the 3rd person, thus:—
- Tan utara or shinnma utara a-kik nangoro, “they will probably be struck.”
- Nei ainu a-ronnu wa isam, “those men have been killed.”
- Set akara? “shall I prepare the table”?
Postpositions sometimes take the objective case of pronouns, and sometimes the full form; e.g.:—
- En orowa oman, “he went from me.”
- Un osh ek, “come behind us.”
- Eani orowa no arapa guru, “ the person who went after you.”
