PLURAL NUMBER

{Nominative and Objective}

I. Person: We, or us, \nyi°/ or \°ngoo-nyi°/ 我伲.

II. Person: You or ye, \na°/ 㑚

III. Person: They or them, \yi-la/ 伊拉.

{Possessive}

I. Person: Ours, \nyi°-kuh/ or \°ngoo-nyi°-kuh/ 伲個, 我伲個.

II. Person: Your, or yours, \na°-kuh/ 㑚個.

III. Person: Their, or theirs, \yi-la-kuh/ 伊拉個.

The use of \{kuh}/ (個) in the possessive case must be noted. \{Kuh}/

(個) serves to form the possessive case of nouns as it does of

pronouns. Thus to say “a man’s table” would be \{ih kuh nyung kuh

de-°ts}/ (一個人個檯子). Exercises in possessive case formation will be

found in this lesson.

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