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MATHEWS— THE ARRAN^DA LANGUAGE. 



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Future Tense (the Past is wanting). 



Singular ist Person I should be Yinga nityinala 



Dual 1st Person We, inch or excl., should be | As in the f narityinala 



Plural 1st Person We, inch or excl., should be j Pronouns \ narirityinala 



Active Verbs. — The following is a fairly full conjugation of the 

 transitive verb tunia or tula, to beat: 



Active Voice. Indicative Mood — Present Tense. 



Singular ist Person 

 Dual 1st Person 



Plural 1st Person 



I beat 



f We, incl., beat 

 \ We, excl., beat 

 f We, incl., beat 

 I We, excl., beat 



Ta tuma 



Ngilina tula narama 

 Ilina tula narama 

 Nganuna tula narirama 

 Anuna tula narirama 



The negative form is : Singular, tutyikana. Dual, tula nari- 

 tyikana. Plural, tula narirityikana. 



Singular 

 Dual 



Plural 



ist Person 

 1st Person 



1st Person 



Past Tense. 



I have beaten 

 f We, incl, have beaten 

 I We, excl., have beaten 

 / We, inch, have beaten 

 I We, excl, have beaten 



Ta tukala 



Ngilina tula narakala 

 Ilina tula narakala 

 Nganuna tula narirakala 

 Anuna tula narirakala 



The negative is formed in the singular by tutyimakana; in the 



dual by tula narityimakana ; and in the plural by tula narirityimakana 



or tulta nityimakana. 



Future Tense. 



I shall beat 

 We, inch, shall beat 

 We, excl., shall beat 

 We, inch, shall beat 

 We, excl., shall beat 



Ta 



Ngilina \ 

 Ilina ( 



Nganuna "I 

 Anuna J 



tutyina 



tula narityina 



tula narirityina 

 or tulta nityina 



The negative form is : Singular, tutyigunia. Dual, tula narityi- 

 gunia. Plural, tula narirityigunia or tulta nityigunia. 



Imperative Mood. 

 Beat (thou), tuai ! Beat (you dual), tula narai ! Beat (you 

 plural), tula narirai ! Another form, signifying to do the action 

 quickly, is composed by inserting the syllable -Iba between a dupli- 

 cation of the root, as, tu-lba-tuai, beat quickly. Let me beat, ta 

 tuiai ! Let us all, excl., beat, nganuna narireai ! 



PROC. AMER. PHIL. SOC, XLVI. 187 W, PRINTED JANUARY 28, I908. 



