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Instead of tana is also used, nakvma and arina, "that." 

 Declined in the same manner as possessive pronouns. 



There are also only two Interrogative Pronouns. 



ngnna, " who ? " and ivmna, " what ?" 



Dual and plural formed like those in the demonstrative pro- 

 nouns. 



The only difference in the declension of these two is that the 

 terminations of genitive, dative, and ablative cases, dual and 

 plural, are inserted between the root and termination of the 

 word, as — 



Dual. 



Gen. ngukatera ? of which two ? 



Dat. ngunanatera ? to which two ? 



Abl. ngunangatera 1 from which two ? 



PluraL 



Gen. ngukirbera ? \^ ^. ^ ^ 



ngukankana l j 



Dat. ngunanirbera '? ) , i • i n 

 » 1 -to which ( 



ngunanankana « J 



Abl. ngunangirbea? jfrom which? 



ngunangankana fj 

 Th© correct answer to the question, ngula nana nilknalinaha f 



" who this stolen has 1 " 

 must be, katjiala nana nilknaliyiaka, 



" the child this stolen has;" 

 not katjia, because steal is a transitive verb. 



The questions, nguna unta nama ? " who are you ? ", nouna 

 nana nama ? " what is that ? ", or nana, itvuna, ntitja ? "this, 

 what is it?", are answered, jinga nama, ''I am;" and nana, 

 tana ntitja, " this, that is it." 



RELATIVE AND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. 



a. There are no Relative Pronouns in the language ; they 

 are expressed either by repetition of the demonstrative pronouns, 

 nana and tana, as, 



atua nala, nana timirka alhuka, ivorana tukala, 



" man this, this yesterday went away, the boy has beaten," 

 i.e., "the man who went away yesterday has beaten the boy ;" 

 or else by the participle of verb corresponding with the English 

 participle, as, 



iluj)a tera, iltaJa nibakatnarakal a, jiraka, 

 " axes two, on house were leaning, disappeared." 

 i.e., the two axes, which were leaning on the house, disappeared." 



b. The Indefinite Pronouns are the following : — 



