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Negative : Singular, tumalikana. Dual, tula naramalamikana. 

 Plural, tula nariramalamikana. 



Future Tense. 

 Singular I shall be beating Ta tutyinanga 



We, incl, shall be beating Nganuna \ tula narirityinanga 



or tulta nityinanga 



p, , J We, incl, shall be beating Nganui 



ruiral I ^^^ g^^j^ gj^^jj ^^ beating Anuna 



Negative : Singular, tutyinagunia. Dual, tula narityinagunia. 

 Plural, tula narirityinagunia. 



Middle Voice — Reiiexwe Form. 

 The middle voice, in its reflexive form, describes an action which 

 the subject executes directly upon himself. The sign of the reflexive 

 is inserted in the middle of the verb, consisting of the particle -la or 

 -li, according to the vowel in the adjacent syllable. For example, ta 

 nukara tulama, I beat myself ; to nukara tulaka, I have beaten my- 

 self; ta nukara tulityina, I shall beat myself. Ta is generally 

 omitted, because nukara conveys the meaning of the first personal 

 pronoun. 



Indicative Mood — Present Tense. 



Singular I beat myself Nukara tulama 



Dual We, excl., beat ourselves Ilinakara tulala narama 



Plural We, excl., beat ourselves Anunakara tulala narirama 



Negative : Singular, tulityikana. Dual, tulala narityikana. 



Plural, tulala, narirityikana. 



Past Tense. 



Singular I have beaten myself Nukara tulaka or tulakala 



Dual We, excl., have beaten ourselves Ilinakara tulala narakala 



Plural We, excl., have beaten ourselves Anunakara tulala narirakala 



Negative : Singular, tulityimakana. Dual, tulala narityimakana. 

 Plural, tulala narirityimakana. 



Future Tense. 



Singular I shall beat myself Nukara tulityina 



Dual We, excl., shall beat ourselves Ilinakara tulala narityina 



Plural We, excl, shall beat ourselves Anunakara tulala narirityina 



The negative is formed by adding gnnia, as, nukara tulityigunia, 

 and so on. 



