7.  The pronouns of the third person singular and plural may be used of impersonal or inanimate things.

B. PRONOUNS SUFFIXED TO VERBS OR TO PREPOSITIONS AS OBJECT.

Singular:  (1) nau. (2) oe. (3) a.

Plural: 
  Inclusive:  (1) gia, golu. 
  Exclusive:  (1) gami, gamelu. (2) gamu, gamolu.
             (3) gera, da, dalu.

Dual: 
  Inclusive:  (1) goro. 
  Exclusive:  (1) gamere. (2) gamoro. (3) daro.

1.  Examples of usage are, gera saegera sui they were all summoned, nia lea fonosia he went to get it.  A second object of the verb always appears in the suffixed pronoun singular and plural third:  gu langi si adasia na ola I did not see a canoe, gera gutafigera na mwane gi they persecuted the men.  All prepositions governing nouns have the pronoun suffixed as an anticipatory object in agreement with the noun:  gera lea fonosia fera they went to harm the land, fafia si doo concerning the matter.

2.  The verb dori (to wish) has the pronoun suffixed where in Sa’a none would be used:  nia langi si doria gwou ana he would not drink (it) of it.

3.  To taifili (alone) the pronouns are suffixed:  te taifilia he alone, taifiligera they alone.

C. PRONOUNS SUFFIXED TO NOUNS OR TO VERBAL NOUNS USED AS PREPOSITIONS.

Singular:  (1) gu. (2) mu. (3) na.

Plural: 
  Inclusive:  (1) gia, golu. 
  Exclusive:  (1) gami, gamelu. (2) gamu, gamolu. (3) gera,
da, dalu.

Dual: 
  Inclusive:  (1) goro. 
  Exclusive:  (1) gamere. (2) gamoro. (3) dar

1.  These are the pronouns denoting possession and they are suffixed to a certain class of nouns only, those which denote names of parts of the body, or of family relationship, or of things in close relationship to the possessor.  In all other cases possession is denoted by the use of the ordinary personal pronouns.

2.  When things and not persons are in question ni is used in place of da in plural third:  lea alua i fulini go and put them in their places.

3.  Of the plural forms those ending in lu denote a restriction in the number of the persons concerned.

4.  These pronouns are also suffixed to the preposition fua to, used as a dative, to afuta all, and to certain other words which show a noun termination but which have no independent existence as nouns:  otofa concerning, oofa approaching to, enceinte, sie, at the house of (in the vocabulary all such words are followed by a hyphen); also to mara of one’s own accord, alone, te taifilia marana he alone; also to the verb too to hit, toogu, toona, hit me, etc.