212 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [March, 



Imperative Mood. 



The only instance in which this mood really exists is in the 2nd per- 

 son, Iang-W, go thou. 



The Potential mood includes a variety of ideas which may be ex- 

 pressed by words signifying ability, duty, &c. 



Iangna manna or Iangna man khen na, may or can go. 



Iangna mankhe chim, might have gone. 



Subjunctive Mood. 



Iangode, If I go. 



The verb in the Passive Voice is conjugated in the same manner as 

 the preceding, with the addition of the word man, introduced between 

 the verb and its inflection. 



Indicative. 



Present Indefinite, Iang-man-na, I am gone. 



Present Definite, Iang-man-enga, being gone. 



Imperfect, Iang-man-engachim, was being gone. 



Perfect, Iang-man-aa, was gone. 



Perfect Definite, Ianga-man-chim, have been gone. 



Future proximate, I-mau esa, will be gone. 



Future remote. Iang-man-kheng, will be gone. 



And so on through the other moods and tenses. 



Negation is implied by the use of the word ja, after the verb in its 

 various tenses. 



Anga iang, I do not go. 



Ua thole agan-ja, he tells no lies. 



The same word is added to adjectives to express a negative quality. 

 Thus: Nama, good; Namja, bad. 



The prohibitory form is expressed by prefixing the particle da, to the 

 verb with which it is used. Thus : Da lang, go not. 



Khimi-nani da, shal, do not pull her tail. 



The interrogative particle ma is usually placed after the verb or at 

 the end of a sentence in which a question is asked. Naa una khenna 

 ma 1 Are you afraid of him ? Na daalo nokna mesa ma 1 Will you 

 go home to day ? 



The general mode of arranging words into sentences is the same as 

 that which prevails in the Bhotia ; nouns precede their attributes and 



