The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and ManuscriptsSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Indians of North America
What do you want? Waygonain wau iauyun?
What have you lost? Waygonain kau wonetoeyun?
What do you look for? Waygonain nain dahwaubundamun?
What is this? Waygonain ewinain maundun?
What will you have? Waygonain kau iauyun?
What detained you? Waygonain kau oon dahme egoeyun?
What are you making? Waygonain wayzhetoeyun?
What have you there? Waygonain e-mau iauyun?
The use of this pronoun, like the preceding, appears to be confined to
simple interrogative forms. The word _auneen_, which sometimes supplies
its place, or is used for want of the pronoun _which_, is an adverb, and
has considerable latitude of meaning. Most commonly it may be considered
as the equivalent for _how_, in what manner, or at what time.
What do you say? Auneen akeedoeyun?
What do you call this? Auneen aizheneekaudahmun
maundun? (i.)
What ails you? Auneen aindeeyun?
What is your name? Auneen aizheekauzoyun?
Which do you mean; this or that? (an.) Auneen ah-ow ainud, woh-ow
gaemau ewidde?
Which do you mean; this or that? (in.) Auneen eh-eu ewaidumun oh-oo
gaemau ewaidde?
Which boy do you mean? Auneen ah-ow-ainud?
By adding to this word, the particle _de_, it is converted into an
adverb of place, and may be rendered _where_.
Where do you dwell? Auneende aindauyun?
Where is your son? Auneende ke gwiss?
Where did you see him? Auneende ke waubumud?
[Transcriber's Note: See note at end of text re original typesetting for
this section of the text (pages 286-8).]
becomes quite necessary in writing the language. And in the following
sentences, the substantive is properly employed after the pronoun.
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