The Prefixes, e- and ke-, of the 3rd person singular, are used indiscriminately, so also a- and ka- ; but e- is also an alternative of be- in the 3rd person plural ; so is a- of ba-. It follows, then, that the shortest forms of the singular and plural are identical ; this is confusing, and it is therefore advisable to use the full forms, ke-, ka-, be-, ba-, to avoid all obscurity, and especially so since these forms are used much more widely through the country. It is true that