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kaje chena ngipeine (ii) ? is tliat the cMld of you two ? palamun tati, 

 the father of them two ; ngalpan Augada, our God ; ngalpan zapul, 

 our properties ; ngoimun muraza, all oiir things ; ngtfatmm fati, your 

 father ; ngitamim horhak, your hearts ; tanammi horhah, their hearts ; 

 tanamun purulca, their eyes. 



The word ne given in Sharon's vocabulary as "his," is probably 

 the noun suffix n or ne. No examples are given of its use, 



[e) The Dative is expressed by the suffix -pa. 



Singular, 1. ngaeapa. 



2. ngihepa. 



3. nulepa (masculine) ; ndbepa (feminine). 



Dual, 1. inclusive (no^/owwf?) ; wya/Je/^a (exclusive). 



2. ngipelpa. 



3. palamulpa ; palenipa (m). 



Plural, 1. ngalpalpa (inclusive) ; ngoimulpa (exclusive). 



2. ngitamulpa. 



3. tanamulpa. 



The le of the second and third singular, and the pel of the dual, 

 have, no doubt, a demonstrative origin. In the plural and third dual 

 mu is probably an indication of number. (Cf. moi, mi in verbs, and 

 the mu of mura., all.) The I inserted before the suffix when mu is used, 

 may be compared with the noim suffix ?, though mxd itself may repre- 

 sent mtira, all. (Cf. la in Miriam pronouns.) The ni in Muralug 

 third dual cannot be explained. 



Examples : Ngi ngaeapa iapupoiM%, you ask me ; yigai ulinmepa 

 ngihepa ngaeapa poihan loane hapataisou kuiko, I wish for thee to 

 give to me John Baptist's head ; noi iapupoihiz nulepa, he asked him ; 

 ngalle ulinmepa ngilepa a ngi ngallelpa poilan senahi %a, we two wish 

 for thee (that) thou give to us two that thing ; ivara malaeg ngipelpa 

 iamuli%, any man says to you two ; mi malaeg ngalpalpa hdmaJcoma 

 maiginga, whoever is not opposed to us ; ngoimulpa muli%^ tell to us ; 

 moidemin ngoimulpa, prepare for us ; ngai ngitamulpa iamuliz, I say to 

 you ; lesu modolia iamuliz tanamulpa, Jesus answered them. 



Macgillivray has ngai-ailcelca, = for myself, and nxCalepa, = for 

 himself, and gives the examples : — ailceka mule = tell me ; mi'alepa 

 chena wir = give that to him [n, 299]. 



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