Chapter 21: The He-Group

There are only 3 members of the small He-Group of Pronominal Prefixes:

   he-   ::  I do something to him
   khe-  ::  I do something to her
               I do something to them
   she-  ::  you do something to her
               you do something to them

The forms that these prefixes take with the five Stem Classes we have
seen is shown in the table below.

           C      X      L     LX      A
   -----------------------------------------
   he-  | he-    he-    hé-    hé-    hey-
   khe- | khe-   khe-   khé-   khé-   khey-
   she- | she-   she-   shé-   shé-   shey-

We can note the following patterns:

   * All the prefixes end in -he- in the C-Stem and X-Stem forms.

   * All the prefixes end in -hé- in the L-Stem and LX-Stem forms.

   * All the prefixes end in -hey- in the A-Stem forms.

The prefix khe- means either "I do something to her" or "I do something
to them". The prefix she- means either "you do something to her" or "you
do something to them". In both cases, the "them" can be either masculine
or feminine, and either dual or plural. Note again the pattern of k-
meaning "I" and s- meaning "you".

   heyatënö'ös  ::  I'm watching over him

   kheyatënö'ös  ::  I'm watching over her
                     I'm watching over them

   sheyatënö'ös  ::  you're watching over her
                     you're watching over them



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