1849.] valley of Asam and its mountain confines. 213 



the verb stands at the end of the sentence, having its qnalifying adverb 

 placed immediately before it. This mode, however, is not always 

 attended to in the Garo and its cognate dialects, in which we often 

 find sentences follow no other order in their construction than what the 

 taste or fancy of the composer may suggest : sometimes making the 

 object, sometimes the action, and sometimes the modification of the 

 action to precede or follow the other parts. The confusion which this 

 might be supposed to occasion is avoided by the manner of inflecting 

 their words, by which they are made to refer to the others with which 

 they ought to be connected, in whatever part of the sentence they occur, 

 the mind being left at liberty to connect the several parts with one 

 another after the whole sentence is concluded. 



Adverbs. 



Bashko, when ? 



Bashikchang, how many times ? 



Bachi, where ? 



Iano, here. 



Uano, there. 



Aphalo or Aphalchi, outside. 



Ning-chi, inside. 



Daong, now. 



Bashko-bashkoba, sometimes. 



Shalantini, or Shaldrang, always. 



Pak-pak, quickly. 



Kasn-kasn, slowly. 



Walo-salo, day and night. 



Pringo, in the morning. 



Athamo, in the evening. 



Maina, why. 



Nama, well. 



In din, so. 



Thalja, truly. 



Bashik, hoiv many ? 



Bashishak, ditto, applied to men. 



Bashikmang, ditto, applied to inferior animals. 



Post-positive particles, in this language supply the place of the pre- 

 positions in occidental tongues. They generally follow the noun in 

 the Genitive case, though the sign of the genitive is often omitted. 



Makha, with, Angni makha rebo, Come with me. 



Nung, in, Ua nok nung donga, He is in the house. 



Koshak, upon, Adung changrowa koshak, upon the high hill. 



Sipang, near, Wal sipang da iang, Go not near the fire. 



