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Show 273 PRONOUNS. Pronouns have no gender, only person, number, and case. The third person, i> » , is used for he, she, and it. They are declined as follows: Singular. Nom. in Poss. inim or inuih Qbj. inna Noin. ipi WE. Nora, nun Poss. nunim Obj. nuna THOU. Nom. im Poss. imim or imnih Obj. imana HE, SHE, or IT. Poss. ipnim or ipnimnih Plural. YE. Nom. itna Poss. imamnim Obj. imamna Obj. ipna THEY. Nom. ima Poss. imamnim Obj. imuna The forms innih, imnih, and ipnimnih are always strictly possessive, representing, respectively, mine, thine, his. But the other form given for the possessive is sometimes found in the nominative; and, as in nouns, the objective form is at times used in the possessive. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. Nom. ishi Poss. ishinim Obj. ishina Nom. Ishif Poss. Ishinim WHO. WHO ! THAT Or WHICH. Nom. kapam Poss. kapamnim Obj. kapamna THOSE. Nom. yokomam Obj. yokomuna ADJECTIVES. The Nez Percys language differs from other Indian languages, as the Choctaw, & c, the adjective being always placed before the noun; as- Nez Percys: tats hama ( good man). Choctaw: hatak chukma ( man good). Adjectives do not regularly take degrees of comparison, except that they may be intensified; as- kapsish, bad; kapsishnihnib, & c. Adjectives of number are: ilaptit, 20 mitaptit, 30 wilaksaptit, 60 putaptit, 100 putumisus, 1000 naks, 1 lapit, 2 mitat, 3 pilapt, 4 pa hat, 5 wilaks, 6 winapt, 7 wimutut, 8 kuis, 9 putimt, 10 putiint wah naks, 11 putimt wah lapit, 12 |