1840.] Grammatical construction of the Ho language. 



Negative. 

 Sing. Dual. Plural. 



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Alokaing kajeea, Do not let me speak. 



Alum kajeea, Speak not. 



Alo kai kajeea, Do not let him speak. 



Alo k'aboo kajeea. -. 



Alo k'alle kaieea. \ r\ ^ j j. 

 A 11 'I.U 1 • Do not let i 



Alia bben kajeea. ' „ « 



Al'appe kajeea. r ^' \' 



Alo ka'ko kajeea. I ^r - 



Alo ka'king kajeea J 



Subjunctive Mood. 

 Present tense. 



Eeng KajeerMo, If I speak. 

 Um Kajeeredo, If thou speakest. 

 Aio Kjeeredo, If he speak. 



Aboo, 

 Alle, 



. .^' L Kajeeredo, If we Sfc. speak. 



Ako,' I 

 Aking, J 



Perfect or Pluperfect. 

 Eeng, Um, &c. &:c. &c. Kajeekedr^do, If I 8^c. S^c. had spoken. 



Conditional, oe Potential, 



Eeng Kajeaing honang, I ivould speak. 

 Um Kajeeum honang. Thou, 8fc. 

 Ayo Kajeea honang, He, 8fc. 



Alle &c. &c. Kajeea honang. 

 We might or would speak. 



Note. As has been before explained, in all these tenses and persons (except in the 

 Imperative) the pronoun may be either prefixed, or affixed, or both. 



The same Verb, Conjugated with its Objective PronoAn. 

 Indicative. 

 Present tense. 



Eeng or Ayng Kajeeing tanna, / speak to myself. 



Kajee metanna, 



Kajee ai tanna, 



Kajee' letanna, 



Kajee' ling tanna, 



Kajee' ben tanna, 



Kajee' petanna, 



Kajee king tanna, 



Kajee kotanna. 



The same exactly for all the other persons, and tenses, &c. 



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I speak to thee. 

 I speak to him. 

 I speak to ourselves. 

 I speak to us two. 

 I speak to you two, 

 I speak to you. 

 I speak to them two. 

 I speak to them. 



