220 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [March, 



Imperfect. Ja-bai, or Ja-nai, ate. Thang-bai, or Thang-nai, went. 



Mau-bai, or Mau-nai, did. 

 Perfect. Ja-dangman, have eaten. Thang-dangman, have gone. 



Mau-dangman, have done. 

 Future, (proximate.) Ja-nise, will eat. Thang-nise, will go. Mau- 



nise, will do. 

 Future, (remote.) Ja-gan, will eat. Thang-gan, will go. Mau-gan, 

 will do. 



Participles. 

 Present. Ja-dang, eating. Thang-dang, going. Mau-dang, doing. 

 Past. Janane, having eaten. Thang-nane, having gone. Mau- 



nane, having done. 

 Gerund. Jana, to eat, for the purpose of eating. 



Thang-na, to go, for the purpose of going. 

 Mau-na, to do, for the purpose of doing. 

 The verb Lang, take away, is sometimes compounded with another 

 verb, to convey the idea of an action having been done completely, or 

 effectually. Thus. Ang mau-lang-bai, I" have done (it) effectually. 

 Nang ja-lang-bai, thou hast eaten (it) completely. Bi thang-lang-bai, 

 he has gone away effectually. 



Imperative Mood. 

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

 person. Here the root of the verb is used. As ; Nang ja, eat thou* 

 Nang thang, go thou. The English form, let me eat, &c. is expressed 

 by the addition of the verb Ho, give, or Than, permit. Thus ; Angno 

 jana ho, let me eat. Angkho thangna. than, let me go. 



The Subjunctive Mood, is formed as in English, by prefixing the 

 subjunctive particle if Jadi. Thus; Ang jadijadang, If I eat. Jadi 

 nang thanggan, If thou wilt go. 



Potential Mood. 

 Power or capacity is usually expressed by Haa, to he able, added to 

 the gerund. 



Ang thangna-haagan, I will be able to go, or I can go. 

 Bi mauna-haabai, He was able to do. And so through all the other 

 tenses. 



The use of the word Gaman as an auxiliary, appears to give us a 

 form of a Preterpluperfect tense in this mood ? Thus, Ang ja-gaman, 



