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MATHEWS— THE ARRAN^DA LANGUAGE. 



[October 5 



Auxiliary Verbs. — The intransitive verb, nama, to sit, and having 

 also the sense of our auxiliary, " to be," is employed as a suffix or 

 augmentation in conjugating transitive verbs. The intransitive 

 verb, lama, " to go," is similarly used. Sometimes the whole — 

 sometimes only a part — of these auxiliaries are used as additions to 

 active verbs. 



In order to enable the reader to more easily understand the 

 terminations or addenda to the transitive verbs, a short outline of 

 the auxiliary, nama, will now be submitted. The present tense is 

 given in full, but in the remaining tenses and moods the first per- 

 son only of each number is taken. 



Singular 



Indicative Mood — Present Tense. 



{1st Person 

 2d Person 

 3d Person 



I am 

 Thou art 

 He is 



Yinga 



Nga 



Era 



nama 

 nama 

 nama 



Dual 



1st Person | ^^^ ^^^j ^ ^^^ 



2d Person 

 3d Person 



You are 

 They are 



NgiHna 

 IHna 

 Mbala 

 Eratera 



narama 

 narama 

 narama 

 narama 



Plural 



1st Person 



2d Person 

 3d Person 



f We, incl., are 

 I We, excl., are 



You are 



They are 



Nganuna 

 Anuna 

 Rankara 

 Etna 



nanrama 

 narirama 

 narirama 

 narirama 



Past Tense. 



Singular ist Person I have been Yinga 



Dual 1st Person We, incl. or excl., have been )^ As in Present 



Pkiral 1st Person We, incl. or excl., have been j Tense 



nakala 



narakala 



narirakala 



Future Tense. 



Singular ist Person I shall be Yinga nityina 



Dual 1st Person We, incl. or excl., shall be \ As in Present f narityina 

 Plural 1st Person We, incl. or excl., shall be J Tense \ narirityina 



Imperative Mood. 



Be! Sing., nai! Dual, narai ! Plural, narirai ! 



Must be! Sing., nityika! Dual, narityika ! Plural, narirityika! 



Singular 



Dual 



Plural 



Conditional Mood- 



ist Person I should be 



1st Person We, incl. or excl. 



-Present Tense. 



Yinga 



namara 



should be 1 As in the ( naramara 

 I St Person We, incl. or excl, should be j Pronouns I nariramara 



