258 Characteristics of the Language of Ghagh or Accra. 



(2.) The accusative case is known by its collocation after the 

 verb. 



(3.) The local case is expressed by the termination eng or mli ; 

 as, gbawmo, a man ; gbaivmomli, in a man. 



(4.) An oblique adverbial case is expressed by the termination 

 heh or gnaw indifferently. 



(5.) The genitive or adnominal case is expressed merely by 

 placing a substantive before another substantive ; as, gbawmo fat, 

 man hat, i. e. a man's hat ; oni toyi, I ears, i. e. ray ears ; ghaw- 

 ino fai-i, a man's hats ; ghawme afai-i, men's hats. 

 (6.) The declension of the noun then is as follows : 

 Sing. Nomin. gbawmo, a man. 

 Accus. gbawmo, a man. 

 Dative C gbawtnoheh ^ 



and ^ and > to or from a man. 



Ablat. ^ gbawtnognaiD, } 



_ T 1 ^ gbaumoeng or > • 



Local < ^ , ^. > m a man. 



I gbawmomli, 3 



Plur. Nomin. gbawme, men. 

 Accus. gbaiv?ne, men. 

 Dative C gbawmeaheh ^ 



and } and > to or from men. 



Ablat. ^ gbawmeagnaw, ) 

 Local gbawmeamli, in men. 



4. The compaiison of adjectives is expressed by a periphrasis. 

 The comparative is formed by adding feh, more ] and the super- 

 lative by adding /e/i/e/i^, more than all. Thus, 



effong, bad, 

 effongfeh, more bad, 

 effongfehfeng, most bad. 



5. Person in verbs is expressed by merely prefixing the pro- 

 nouns ; as, 



7ni sumo, I love ; 

 o sumo, thou lovest ; 

 eh sumo, he, she, or it loves ; 

 waw mi sumo, we love ; 

 gni-e mi sumo, ye love ; 

 amme mi sumo, they love. 

 The force of mi in the plural I am unable to explain. 



6. The tenses of verbs are expressed by varying the accent, or 

 by auxiliary particles. 



