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it. “En ho kajikeeai aya éra,” that man said to his wife, “ Dendka 
o€ tootigoikeea,” Dendka shot the bird. “ Keén hin do chowlee seta 
emadya,” my son gave the dog some rice. 
ADJECTIVE. 
The adjective does not alter in termination, either in number, case, 
or gender; and always precedes the noun it qualifies. As “ Boogee 
ho,” a good man ; “ Boogee ho-a,” of a good man ; “ Boogee ho lo té,” 
with a good man, &e. There are no degrees of comparison, but as in 
Hindustani the qualifying words very, or most of all, are prefixed to 
denote grades of quality, as ‘‘ Htka,” bad, “ Hna té nee4 o etka,” this 
as worse than that. ‘‘ Sabee ré nee o etka minna,” this is worst of all. 
“ Boogee léka éra,”’ a pretty woman. ‘ Boogee leka era ko,” pretty 
women. 
PRonown. 
The first personal pronoun has four numbers, the singular, dual, 
ploral, and plural comprehensive. The others only the three first, as 
noticed in the noun-substantives. 
The possessive pronouns are the same as the personal, with the 
genitive inflection @ added. 
PrrRsonAL Pronouns. 
Singular. Dual. Plural. Pl. comprehensive. 
Ist. Heng or aing, Z Alleeng, we two Allé, we Aboo, we all 
2d. Um, thou Abben, you two Appé, you a 
3d. Ay or ayo, he Aking, they two Ako, they 4 
In speaking, if the person include the person addressed, himself, and 
every one present, aS nominatives or agents, he uses the plural com- 
prehensive. If he exclude the person addressed, he employs the first 
person plural, as “‘ Hola aboo seniéna,” yesterday we went (i. e. you 
and all of us.) “ Hola allé seniéna,” yesterday we went (i. e. not you, 
we alone.) 
The personal pronouns in the nominative case both precede and 
terminate the verb, optionally with the speaker, as, I speak, ‘‘ Heng 
,) 
kajitanna”’ or “ Heng kajitannaing”’ or “‘ Kajitannaing. 
? 
I go, “Weng senotana,” or “ Heng senotannaing,” or ‘‘ Senotan- - 
naing.”’ 
And to give energy to the sentence, the pronoun is repeated, with 
the connect “do” between them, as “‘ Heng do eeng kajitanna,”’ ’Zis I 
who speak,’ Um do um kombookenna,” Z'how alone statest tt. 
