The plural of the possessive mine, or my, in the inclusive, is made by k the pronominal sign of the second person, and the usual sub stantive inflection in

w /, with a terminal d. The letter o is

a mere connective, without meaning. The second person is rendered plural by the particle, au instead of win. The third

The examples person has its plural in the common sign of w. cited embrace the mode of distinguishing the person, number, or what is deemed its technical equivalent, the mutations words e., undergo, not to mark the distinctions

relation, and gender i.

of sex, but the presence or absence of vitality ; and also the which the pronouns take for tense, or rather, the

inflections

may, etc. embraces the preformative or prefixed pronouns.

auxiliary verbs, have, had, shall, will,

The

inseparable

suffixed or

subformative

This

pronouns

class

are

:

yun, thy ; id or d, his or hers ; yaung, our (ex.) ; These pronouns are yung, our (in.) ; yaig^ your ; waud, their.

yaun,

my

;

exclusively employed as

suffixes ;

and as suffixes to the de

scriptive substantives, adjectives, and verbs.

Relative pronouns Demonstrative pronouns, both animate and inanimate, are found in many forms

are very limited.

The Algonquin language is in a peculiar sense a language of Originally there appear to have been but three terms, answering to the three persons, I, thou, or you, and he or she. distinBy these terms, the speaker or actor is