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MATHEWS— THE ARRAN^DA LANGUAGE. 



[October 5 



The negative is : Singular, tutyala ! Dual, tula narityala ! 

 Plural, tula narirityala ! 



Must beat : Singular, tutyika ! Dual, tula narityika ! Plural, tula 

 narirityika ! or tulta nityika ! The negative of these three expres- 

 sions is formed by adding giinia. 



Singular 

 Dual 



Plural 



Conditional Mood — Present Tense. 



I should beat Ta tumara 



/ We, incl., should beat Ngilina 



\ We, excl., should beat Ilina 



/ We, inch, should beat Nganuna 



t We, excl., should beat Anuna 



tula naramara 

 or tulta namara 



I tula 



nariramara 



The negative is formed by substituting ela for the final a, as, Ta 

 tumarela, I should not beat, and so on. 



Singular 

 Dual 



Plural 



Future Tense (the Past is wanting). 



I shall perhaps beat Ta tutyinala 



/ We, incl, shall perhaps beat Ngilina 

 t We, excl., shall perhaps beat Ilina 

 ( We, inch, shall perhaps beat Nganuna 

 \ We, excl., shall perhaps beat Anuna 



> tula narityinala 



\ tula narirityinala 

 I or tulta nityinala 



The negative takes the addition of giinia. 



Participles. 



The present tense is formed by adding manga to the stem, the 

 past by adding mala, the future by tyinanga. For example, na- 

 manga, while being; namala, after being; nityinanga, shall be being. 



Singular 

 Dual 



I am beating 

 f We, inch, are beating 

 \ We, excl., are beating 



Participles — Present Tense. 



■p, , f We, inch, are beating 



flural 1^^^ ^^^j^ ^j.^ beating 



Ta tumanga 



Ngilina 



Ilina 



Nganuna 



Anuna 



} 



tula naramanga 



tula nariramanga 

 or tulta namanga 



For the negative singular, tutyikananga. Dual, tula narityi- 

 kananga. Plural, tula narirityikananga or tulta nityikananga. 



