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Malagasi. 
When there is ns elision of a vowel it 
specified by an apostrophe, as : edam vina 
—human hand; or otherwise, as in 
ieee aks from maso, eye, and indic, 
day. 
There are yag bugie: articles—i, т 
and «y; i and ra are prefixed ton adita of 
persons to distinguish Few from common 
terms; i is xed o proper names 
of places. "The a rticle n а is applied to 
nouns, and is de — 
Verbal nouns ived f 
are formed by changing m into mp ње n 
as: manoratra—to write ; mpanoratra — 
writer ; fanoratra —mode of w н Jan- 
oratana—things used for writing. 
Nouns have three numbers—singular, 
dual, and plural. 
SINGULAR. Omby iray—a bullock. 
UAL. с arie and sister; 
kambana—twins; izy roa lahy—the 
two men. 
PrvRAi Olon any people; 
omby ree idi Pesta ; tranon- tsikia 
—our house 
The above are only a very few preg. 
GENDER. — asculine and f 
genders are Mrs узы pe different 
words, or by qo the words lahy and 
vavy—male 
d fem 
go okolahy ый. a lord. 
Ponepatonion a Md lad 
Lahinomby—a bu 
Ombivavy—a co 
Zanakalahy— 
Zanakavavy—a daughter. 
Cas minati pre 
verb when the agent is the most emphatic 
word; but it follows when the opposite, 
as: mi I speak; mitoetra aho— 
I stay. 
Nouns in the Lane case are express- 
- as follows : tanan) olona—a man's hand ; 
то 
—а ballodkw ‘horn. 
puit the objective case are | Se 
Pelr manoraty ny taratsy ny zaza 
the boys write the copie 
Appendix. 
Malay. 
So, also, have we di'orong—they, from 
yes ‘these, orong, Men; again, 7 — 
har n, from mata, “eye, and har 
dey: 
Definition is чаран D. s use X bas 
words di sy as: dio —the 
"here is no indefi. 
but е "word si is sometimes 
used in т place thereof, as : si-anu—a person, 
or so-an 
And here we wg surat or meniurat—to 
s peniur rat—a writer; meniuratan— 
“write 
mode EA writing ; persuratan—things used 
ting. 
for wri 
The numbers do not take so elaborate a 
form, but tya Mer: have exposition, thus : 
INGU Domba satu—a shee 
DUAL. атаб Brother and sister ; 
kambari— 
PLURAL. Orong baniak—many people ; 
ы тфа, — sheep ; ruma-kita— 
ur hou 
сае ma hare laki and bini, as од е 
; and jan pran and betina, 
pesa s d to beas 
Limbu esc T 
Limbu betin 
Anak laki— 
Anak bea. a фес ке daughter. 
The noun both pre — = gale е 
verb, the latter the more so in the 
language, as: a gemi аат 
EK: minanti ku or aku minanti—I wait. 
The poua case takes of кук posi- 
tion, as: ora s hand; 
tundok ee bullock’s hens, 
Here : meniuratan E i ulih anak laki 
—the boys follow the writing. 
ADJECTIVES. 
An adjective follows the noun when the 
latter is the most greg 
The system is doubtfal, both ee 
уоңу м : lehi- being in force, м: laki ijak—a m 
uM m QA hen the and busoh nam s De 5 ame. 
contrary, so the а is Ме oy as: transposable b gres context. 
hendry ny lehilahy. , : 
NUMBERS. 
U ten have already been described 
(see Trans a = Inst., Vol. V.). ‘The teens 
b ТЕК чы ба constructed from the Malay, 
ut twenty, orty, etc., are preci 
; У, У, р y 
Zato—one hundred. 
esie thousand. 
The Malagasi numbers being more simi- 
lar to those of other races in the Indian 
Archipelago than to the Ман, one or two 
examples are here only gi 
Sa ratus—one hund 
Saribu—one thousand. 
