In the translation of these expressions "man" is used as synonymous with person. If the specific term _inine_, had been introduced in the original, the meaning thereby conveyed would be, in this particular connexion, I am a man with respect to _courage_ &c., in opposition to effeminacy. It would not be simply declarative of _corporeal existence_, but of existence in a _particular state or condition_. In the following phrases, the modified forms, or the signs only, of the pronouns are used: N' debaindaun, I own it. Ke debaindaun, Thou ownest it. O debaindaun, He or she owns it. N' debaindaun-in, We own it (ex.) Ke debaindaun-in, We own it (in.) Ke debaindaun-ewau. Ye own it. O debaindaun-ewau, They own it. These examples are cited as exhibiting the manner in which the prefixed and preformative pronouns are employed, both in their full and contracted forms. To denote possession, nouns specifying the things possessed, are required; and, what would not be anticipated, had not full examples of this species of declension been given in another place, the purposes of distinction are not effected by a simple change of the pronoun, as _I_ to _mine_, &c., but by a subformative inflection of the _noun_, which is thus made to have a reflective operation upon the pronoun-speaker. It is believed that sufficient examples of this rule, in all the modifications of inflection, have been given under the head of the substantive. But as the substantives employed to elicit these modifications were exclusively _specific_ in their meaning, it may be proper here, in further illustration of an important principle, to present a generic substantive under their compound forms. I have selected for this purpose one of the primitives. IE-AU, is the abstract term for existing matter. It is in the animate form and declarative. Its inanimate correspondent is IE-EE. These are two important roots. And they are found in combination, in a very great number of derivative words. It will be sufficient here, to show their connexion with the pronoun, in the production of a class of terms in very general use. Animate Forms. _Singular_. _Plural_. {Nin dye aum, Mine. Nin dye auminaun, Ours, (ex.) Poss. { Ke dye auminaun, Ours, (in.) {Ke dye aum, Thine. Ke dye aumewau, Yours. Obj. O dyeaum-un, His or Hers. O dye aumewaun, Theirs. Inanimate Forms. _Singular_. _Plural_. {Nin dye eem, Mine. Nin dye eeminaun, Ours, (ex.) Poss. { Ke dye eeminaun, Ours, (in.) {Ke dye eem, Thine. Ke dye eemewau, Yours. Obj. O dye eem-un, His or O dye eemewaun, Theirs. Hers. _Poss. in._