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Tie lazy or is he not well? 19. I do not know, Sir, I believe he was 

 eating his food. 20. We will not shoot animals here, they have 

 run away. 21. Listen, if you will come here, I shall give you food. 

 22. If you hear the lion, tell me at once! 23. Porters, do not kill 

 the little hippo, bind him ! 24. Sir, they do not come here, they do 

 not like to help the gun bearer! 25. Tell them if they do not come, 

 I shall not give them food to-morrow. 



Lesson V 



1. The personal pronouns are: M'xmi, I; iveive, you, or thou, 

 (always used in addressing a person) ; yeye, he (she or it) ; sisi, 

 we; nyinyi, you; zvao, they. 



2. The possessive pronouns for the first class are: Wangu, 

 my, mine; wako, thy, thine; zuakc, his (her, its); wetu, our; 

 wenu, your; wao, their. For instance, Bihi wangu, my wife, 

 or the wife is mine. Wapagazi zvetu, our porters. Tembo wake, 

 his elephant. 



3. The interrogatives are: Na)i{, who? Lini, when? Nini, 

 what? Ga;n"_, w^hat kind ? Ngapi, how many? Wapi, where? 

 They stand after the w^ord they refer to; for instance, Simha 

 wapif Where is the lion? lVapaga::i gani ninyif What kind 

 of porters are you? 



4. The interrogative Which? is in singular Yiipif in plural 

 Wapi? For instance, Mtu yupif Which man? Tembo yupi 

 wako? W^hich elephant is yours? 



5. Most of the numerals up to ten may be prefixed like ad- 

 jectives, but they are also often used without any prefix, which 

 is better than to add the wTong one. Half is miss; kumi na nuss, 

 ten and a half, etc. 



1, moja. 7, saba. 



2, will, or hili. 8, nane. 



3, tatu. 9, Hssa, or kenda. 



4, nne. 10, kumi. 



5, tano, II, kumi na moja. 



6, sita. 12, kumi na bili. 



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