the kumbainggeri tribe. 487' 



Pronouns. 

 Pronouns have number, person, and case, with two forms for the 

 first person of the dual and plural. The nomiuative personal 

 pronouns are as follows : — 



Singular 



C 1st person- I f Niraidyu with trans, verb 



) i ^N2;aia, with mtrans. verb 



2nd „ Thou Xcrinda 



He Guladhu 



(■II. [ We, inclusive Xguiligai 



-pj , ) P ^ We, exclusive Ngulligadhu 



(I 



2nd „ You Bulagai 



yrd „ They Bularidyu 



Plural 



i^ -, ^ ( W e, inclusive jNgeagai 



i Isti person — ] -.jj ' , . ^t -^ . . . 



1 "^ ( We, exclusive JNgeasaigiri 



^ 2nd „ You Ngudyambindyu 



V. 3rd ,, The}^ (iularigiri 



The possessive and objective personal pronouns are- 



( Mine 

 Sinsular < Thine 

 (His 



There are forms for all the persons of the dual and plural, but 

 they are omitted for the present. 



There are forms of the pronouns meaning '"' away from me," " to- 

 wards me," &c., which must be passed over for want of space. 



InteiTOgatives. — Warm, who? Minya, wbat? 



Demonstratives. — Nyam, this. Mumum, that. 



The language contains many forms of the interi-ogatives and 

 demonstratives, most of which are inflected for number and person. 

 Manv' of the demonstratives are likewise used as pronouns of the 

 third person, a fact which accounts for the great differences in the 

 third personal pronouns in each number. 



"When used with an intransitive verb, the nominative pronouns 

 given in the table are employed, as, Ngaia dyun-gi, I am speaking. 

 But when connected with a transitive verb, a causative form of the 

 pronoun is employed, as ^Vgaidyu bindaimaigu, I wdl throw^ 



Verbs. 



Verbs have the singular, dual, and plural numbers, with the 

 usual tenses and moods. There is a form of the verb for each tense, 

 which remains constant through all the persons and numbers of that 

 tense. Any required number and person can be expressed by using the 

 suitable pronoun from the foregoing table. 



