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3rd Person. 

 Singular. Plural. 



Norn. Ua, he. Uamadang, they. 



Gen. Uani, his. Uamadangni, theirs. 



Dat. Uana, or Una, to him. TJamadangna, to them. 



Abl. Nanikho, from him. Uamadangkho, /rom them. 



Ace. Ua-kho, him. Uamadang-kho, them. 



Instr. Ua-chi, by him. Uamadang-chi, by them. 



Loc. Uao or Uano, in him. Uamadango, in them. 



The Demonstrative Pronouns are, la, this, and O r a, that ; with 

 their plurals Farang, these, and O'arang, those. 



The Interrogative Pronouns are Sha, w^o ? Badia, which ? and 

 Mai, wA«^ f 



These are all declined like the Personal Pronouns. 



Of Verbs. 



The Substantive verb, to be, is, in Garo, usually expressed by the 

 reduplication of the final letter of a word. Thus : from nama, good, 

 we have Namaa, it is good. Nok, a house, Nokka, it is a house. The 

 verb Dong, to be, to exist, is often used with the same signification. 

 Thus : Wal donga, it is fire. 



The verb To Go, may be thus conjugated : — 



Indicative Mood. 



Present Indefinite. Iang-na, I" go, thou goest, he goes, fyc. [This 

 is also the form of the Gerund, signifying to 

 go, ox for the purpose of going ^\ 



Present Definite. Iang-enga, I am going, fyc. 



Imperfect. Iang-enga-chim, / was going, fyc. 



Perfect. Iang-aa or Jang-a, I went, fyc. 



Perfect Definite. Ianga-chim, I have gone, fyc. 



Future proximate, Inesa, I will go, &c. 



Future remote, Iangkhing, I will go, &c. [This form also 



denotes termination.] 

 Participles. 



Present, Iange, going. 



Continuative, Iango iango, going or continuing to go. 



Past, Iang imong, having gone. 



