constant and unremitting aim in the Indian languages,

to distinguish the actor from the object ; partly by prefixes, and That the termination un is one inseparable suffixes. partly

by of these inseparable particles, and that

founds the number

its

of the third person,

office, is

while it con

to designate the

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object, appears probable, from the fact that it retains its connec tion with the noun, whether the latter follow or precede the

verb, or whatever its position in the sentence may be. In tracing the operation of the rule through the doublings of

the language, it is necessary to distinguish every modification of sound, whether it is accompanied, or not accompanied, a

by

modification of the sense.

The particle un, which thus marks

the third person and persons, is sometimes pronounced wun, and sometimes yun, as the euphony of the word to which it is suf fixed

But not the

may require.

slightest

change

is

thereby

made in its meaning. Substantives require, throughout the language, separable or Inflections inseparable pronouns, under the form of prefixes. of the first and second persons, which occupy the place of possessives, and those of the third person, resembling objectives, pertain to words

which are

either primitives, or denote but a

single object, as moose, fire.

There is, however, another class

of substantives, or substantive for it embraces a great

class

scriptive terms

are required.

in the

expressions, and an extensive portion of the compound de

use of which no pronominal prefixes