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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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