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so easily, that a child need never mistake it. The terminal g or n of each word denotes in all positions, the
remembered
;
classes of nature, great genderic the of grammar. points
two
which
are
the cardinal
the regular plurals are respec Agreeably to data furnished, and ain, een, in, on, un, with the addi tively ag, eg, ig, og, ug, tional aug, eeg, and oag, in the vital, and aun, een, and oan, for the long vowels, in the non-vital class.
gained
Only two ideas are
that the ob by thirty-two numerical inflections, namely,
jects are vital
or non-vital.
APPENDIX.
The pure verbs, the noun-verbs, the adjective-verbs, and the propositional, adverbial, and compound terms and declen-* made plural precisely as the nouns, regard being al had to the principles of euphony, in throwing away or ways a letter, or giving precedence to an adjective inflection. adding
sions, are
The suffixed pronouns are required to be put at the end of these plurals, where they will not always coalesce without in serting them before the sign of the epicene or anti-epicene. These suffixed plural inflections, as before indicated, are yaun, yun, id, or simply d /, you, be, she ; which are changed to plurals personal by the usual inflections of the letter g, making
them yaung, we, us, our (ex.) for ye.
yung, we, us our (in.), and yaig The vital particle are, is placed before d for the pro ;
noun they.
As the pronouns are made plural precisely as the nouns, for distinction's sake, the numerical inflections aig, aug, eeg, ig, og,