5i G. E. Fryer — On the Khyeng people of Sandoway, AraJcan. [No. 1, 



As in most other uninflected languages, the Imperative mood is confin. 

 ed to the second person. It is indicated hy the particle ' e' affixed to the 

 root, thus ' pek e' give thou ; ' sit e' go thou. 



The Infinitive mood, as in Burmese, is generally expressed hy the 

 future tense, thus — 'kie ayat a sit ei ka hau niu 5 I told him to go. 



There are certain roots which are constantly used as auxiliaries. They 

 assist in forming the various parts of the verb with which they are conjoin- 

 ed. Nearly all of them are roots which have lost the power of a separate 

 existence. 



The most common of these auxiliaries are — 



First. Those which perfect the notion of the primitive — 



(a) hri (to finish) 



tua zei hri niu, the work is now finished. 



(b) ma& (to complete) 



ui nae ma& niu, the dog ate it up. 

 Secondly. Those which denote power, obligation, &c. 



(a) kho (to he able, can) 



kie kasi£ kho u I can go. 



(b) hpa (lawful, right) 



sit hpa u (you) should go (lit., it is proper to go) 



(c) la (to get, obtain) 



boyo pihio mbek lei mo how much shall (I) give (you) Sir ? 

 Thirdly. Those which denote desire, effort, risk, &c. 



(a) woi (to wish) 



kie kasi£ woi u I toant to go. 



(b) sok (to try) 



pliso kie ka \k sok u I ivill try and sleep a little. 



(c) da£ (to dare) 



naun nasi£ dat u mo will you dare to go ? 



(d) bo (to return) 



hot a lo bo e come again to-morrow. 

 There are two auxiliary roots whose application is not fulby understood. 

 They are ' ey' and ' nauk' (in composition the latter is frequently changed 

 into ' no'). One of their functions would seem to be to give a verbal signi- 

 fication to words borrowed from the Burmese or other language. Their use 

 will be best illustrated by examples. 



si£ nauk u he goes courting, 



kie kamlak nauk u I love. 



to nahto zo koi no u that little girl is pretty. 



sit ei nashang ey u (you) ought to go (lit. to go is proper.) 



won e a kasit ey u (J) go to buffalo eating (feast). 



