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I^xyo^'xti nda' dande', I will go very quickly. 

 Pxyo'^'xti ku-ta', be coming back very quickly! 

 Pxyo^'xti ya'^xku', give it to me very quickly! 

 Ktu' da'nde, that is a cat (in reply to a question). 

 6 Tcu'uki da'nde, that is a dog (in a reply). 

 A^yato' a'nda da'nda xa°, he will be a man [some of these days]. 

 A'^yato' nka'nda da'nda xa^, I shall be a man [some of these daj^s]. 

 A°yato' nka'nda xa^, I am a man. 

 A'^yato' a'nda xa^, he is a man. 

 10 E'tike' o'' kuyii'x-ni, he does not think that it is so. 

 Etike' o'^ kayu'x-ni, do you not think that it is so? 

 Etike' o° nkyu'x-ni, I do not think that it is so. 

 Etike' o'^ kuyii'xtuni, they do not think that it is so. 

 Njd'ku hi ni' (female speaking), I must give it to you. 

 15 Nyi'ku hi na' (male sp.), I must give it to you. 

 Nyi'ku dande', I will give it to you. 

 Da' hi na' (male sp.), he must go. 

 Ida' hi na' (male sp.), you must go. 

 Nda' hi na' (male sp.), I must go: said if I do not wish to go, but 



being urged so long that I am led to say it. 

 20 Nitiki' de'di, he went to him quietly, stealthily, unawares, etc. 

 Nitiki' ide'di, did you go to him stealthily, etc. ? 

 Niti'k nde'di, I went to him stealthilj^, etc. 

 Niti'k nka'de, we went to him stealthily, etc. 



Ide' te'-xti ko ded-ki', well, you go [as long as you are so persistent] ! 

 25 Eke' xyi di°' ida' hi ko, well, why don't you go [said after 5'ou have 



been speaking so long about going] ? 

 Eke' xyi di'^' ya'xaha' hi ko, well, why don't you sit down [you have 



been talking about it so long without doing it] ? 

 Eke' xyi di"^' i'xaha' hi ko, ditto. 

 Eke' xyi di*" i'si'^hi'^' hi ko, well, why don't you stand up [as you 



have been talking so long about doing it] ? 

 Eke' xyi di'^ ini' hi ko, well, why don't you walk [as you have been 



talking so long about doing it] ? 

 30 Eke' xyi di'^' ikida' hi ko, well, why don't you start home [as you 



have been talking so long about starting] ? 

 Eke' xyi di**' e'tikayo°' hi ko, well, why don't you do so [as you have 



been talking so long about it] ? 

 Eke' X3'i di'^' io"^' hi ko, well, why don't you make it [as j^ou have been 



talking so long about it] ? 



