History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan by Andrew J. Blackbird
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O we ok-won, His hat, O we-ok-won-e-waw, Their hat.
The emphatic form, "my own hat," is made by prefixing the personal pronouns, as-- Sing. Pl. Neen ne we-ok-won, Ne-naw-wind ne we-ok-won-e-naw, Keen ke we-ok-won, Ke-naw-waw ke we-ok-won-e-waw, Ween o we-ok-won, We-naw-waw o we-ok-won-e-waw. THE IMPERSONAL PRONOUN. The impersonal pronoun "maw-got," plural "maw-got-on," may be represented by the English impersonal or neuter pronoun It, but it has a wider significance. The inanimate subject of a verb is also represented by maw-got or maw-got-on. Wa-po-tchin-ga maw-got, or wa-po- tchin-ga-sa maw-got, it strikes; plural, wa-po-tchin-ga maw-got-on, or wa-po-tchin-ga-sa maw-got-on, they strike. Au-no-ke maw-got, It works. Pe-me-say maw-got, It walks. Ne-bo-we maw-got, It stands. Wo-be maw-got, It sees. Pe-me-baw-to maw-got, It runs. Au-nish, interrogative pronoun what; au-naw-tchi, relative pronoun what; e-we, relative pronoun that. ADJECTIVES. |
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