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Ace. 



Nom, thee. 





N6-lum, you. 



Instr. 



N6g-ke-koki, by thee. 



Nolug koki, by you. 



Loc. 



N6g-16, or Nolo, in 



thee. 



N6-lu-16, in you. 







3rd Person. 





Singular. 





Plural. 



Nom. 



Bii, he. 





Bii-lu, they. 



Gen. 



Bug or Biig-ke, his. 





Bu-lug, or Bii lug, theirs. 



Dat. 



Biig-kepe, to him. 





Bii-lug-kepe, to them. 



Abl. 



Bug-kem, or Biig-lo-kem, 



Bii-lu- kem, or Bu-lug- lo-kem, from 





from him. 





them. 



Ace. 



Bum, him. 





Bii-lum, them. 



Instr. 



Biig-koki, by them. 





Bii-lu-ko-ki, by or with them. 



Loc. 



Biilo in them. 





Bii-lu-16, in them. 



The Relative pronouns are Seko, who, and Eng-ko-ko, what. 

 Demonstrative pronouns are Sina, this ; Esina, that ; and Ele, the 

 more remote. They are all declined like the Personal Pronouns. 



Of Verbs. 

 Miri verbs admit of no terminations expressive of number and person. 

 The following scheme of verbal terminations will serve to show how 

 verbs in general are conjugated. 



It may here be remarked that the roots of Miri verbs are generally 

 monosyllabic. 



For the purpose of illustration we shall use the verbal roots, Da, eat, 

 Gi, go. Ka, see. 



Indicative Mood. 

 Present Indefinite, dabang. 

 Ngo Da-dabang, I eat. Ngo Gi-dabang, J go. 

 Ngo Ka-dabang, I see. 

 Present definite, ladabang, or labang. 

 Ngo Da-lababang, I am eating. Ngo Gi-ladabang, I am going, 



Ngo KaMdabang, I am seeing. 

 Second Aorist, Kane. 



Ngo Da-kane, I did eat. Ngo Gi-kane, I did go. 

 Ngo Ka-kane, I did see. 

 Imperfect, Ka-bang. 



Ngo Da-kabang, I ate. Ngo Gi-kabang, I went. 

 Ngo Ka-kabang, I saw. 



