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The imperative is rendered by the word ' ba ' (please) at 

 the end of the sentence, or more emphatically by ' like.' In the 

 negative the verb is preceded by the word ' ma,' and followed 

 by ' nay.' 



Ex. — go, or go please thwa ba. 



give me the gun thenat choke go pay like. 

 don't talk saga, ma pyaw nay. 



(word) ■{speak) 

 Certain prefixes precede nouns. The only ones that concern 

 the sportsman are ' youk,' used for human beings ; ' see,' used 

 for ponies or riding animals; and ' goung,' used for all animals 

 indiscriminately. 



Ex. — A man loo ta youk (lit. one man, a human 



being). 

 J want a pony myin ta see lo-gyin de (lit. I want 



one pony for riding). 

 A herd of three bison pi-oung ok thone goung (lit. a herd 

 of bison — three animals). 



Three Useful Sentences. 

 i. Don't speak, saga, ma pyaw nay. 



2. If you see the bison, don't point. 



pi-oung myin yin let net ma pya. nay. 

 (see) (if) (hand) (with) (point) 



3. Sit here. Don't move, dee ma tine ba. Ma shoo-ay nay. 



