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ipal, the, these two, both. 



ita, the, these ; often used as a kind of plural article. 



sena, that ; senali, the, those ; senali durai, those. 



sepal, those two, both ; sepalhi, those two. 



seta, those ; setabi, those. 



tabi, those. 



Example : Ina, ino : ina hoi sabi, this (is) the great law ; wara 

 tanamun ino, this is one of them ; nffai ino, it is I ; Keriso ino, here is 

 Christ. 



nabi : nabi ia, the word. 



inabi : inabi hawa, the people. 



ipel : ipel, both (Macgillivray). 



ita : ita watri maril, the evil spirits ; ita ha%iel, children. 



sena : sena noi, that same is he. 



senabi: senabi mabaeg utun, the sower; tana iman senabi mabaeg, 

 they saw the man ; senabi lalcobon Jcutaig, the brother of James ; senabi 

 nongo igalaig, his friends ; senali parpar ina, such mighty works. 



sepal : ngipel sipalsei hai mangeman, you two there, shall come. 



sepalbi : sebalbi sobi, those two laws. 



seta : 



setabi: setabi magina hoziel, those little children. 



tabi : tabi goiga siei, those days there. 



Some of these words are used with a locative sense, and as equiva- 

 lents to the Lif u prepositions ngone, howe, etc. , with the article, Cf . § vn. 



4. Indeeinite Peonotjns and Adjectites. — Wara, a, one, any, 

 another, a certain, cf. numerals ; du, ita du, durai, some ; mura, many, 



all ; sepal, both ; urapa, the same ; wara wara, the one . . . the other ; 



wagedd, the other ; manarimal, a few ; za, zangu, something (existing) ; 

 pawa, something (performed) ; ia, something (said) ; mi mabaeg, 

 whoever, what man. 



§ III. — Nouns. 



1. NoTXN FoEMs. — A verb or adjective may be used as a noun 

 without change of form ; ngulaig, to be able, able, ability. 



The suffix i%inga, and its plural moizinga, appear to form nouns 

 from a verbal root, and are thus used in the Gospel with possessive 

 pronouns. 



