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•2:6 SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES. [iNTROD. c. CHEROKEE TRANSITIONS OF THE PRESENT INDICATIVE. galungiha, J ic. - .-, him. them. lie ga lung ilia te g a lungiha they ana lungiha te ana lungiha 1 tsiya lungiha te ga tsiya lungiha

  • we

awtsa lungiha te g awtsa lungiha he and I awsta lungiha te g awsta lungiha thou hiya lungiha te g ihya lungiha )' e etsa lungiha te g etsa lungiha ye two esta lungiha te g esta lungiha thee. you. he tsa lungiha te tsa lungiha they g etsa lungiha te g etsa you two. lungiha he te sta lungiha, they te g esta lungiha me. us. he aqua lungiha te awka lungiha they g ungqua lungiha te g awka him and me. lungiha he te awgina lungiha they te g awtgina lungiha thee. you. t 1 g ungya lungiha te ts ungya lungiha we its ungya lungiha te ts ungya lungiha he and I ist ungya lungiha te ts ungya you two. lungiha I te st ungya lungiha we te ts ungya lungiha he and I te st ungya lungiha me. us. thou sk iya lungiha te sk iya lungiha y e sk iya lungiha te sk iya lungiha ye two sk ina lungiha te sk iya him and me. lungiha thou te sk ina lungiha y e ye two te sk ina lungiha te sk ina lungiha

  • We as used throughout this table stands for they and I; it is a special dual of which he

and I is the dual. There is another corresponding form, thou and I, ye and they, which has boen omitted here. But there does not appear to be any indefinite plural, nor any general form ye, they and I. The confusion between a, a, and b, b, is owing to etsa, esta, having no objective case. In the two first transitions, te makes g (they) in the obj. case. In the two other, te puts ti$a and tela in that case. . . , This is obviated in the transitions c, c, and d, d, because awtsa and awsta have each an objective case, viz. awka and awgina. , _, . , r This in the only instance where g does not stand for the 3d person plural. It is used for the 1st sing, nominative. But ungya which means I- " thee, would seem sufficient.