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The Prepositions of occidental languages are, in Singpho, rendered 

 by Post-positive particles. 



Sentences. 

 Marang tti-a, it will rain. 

 Chong la-u, bring an umbrella. 

 Jan ja pyou-dai, the sun is very hot. 

 Nana lagong gagri cridai, your feet are very dirty. 

 Khai sau kicinu, go to the river and wash them. 

 Nang phakai mungli di nguta ? what work can you do ? 

 Nang phakaima ngudai ? what do you say ? 

 Ngaiea ga su-yango, nang phung su-u, when I am speaking, do you not 



talk. 

 Nana mungli di phung malap-u, do not forget to do your work. 

 Ngaina letta ketsin yang, khi sa hadai, he went when I was washing my 



hands. 

 Nana Hung ningdung khai midit-u, dip the end of your finger in water. 

 Ngai siga yango galau sau, when I call come quickly. 

 Nangi ntseng yango, khi madun-a, if you do not know he will show you. 

 Phra aima nga-dai, there is one God. 

 Phra ndai mii sijo ha-dai, this God built the heavens. 

 Khi nga sijo-hadai, he created the earth. 

 Ngai-fe, nang-fe, singpho yong-fe khi sijo-hadai, he made me and you 



and all men. 

 Phune ketsing, tso-de bum, kha-nu guba, jan, the green tree, the high 



hill, the great water, the sun. 

 Sita, sigan tudai, sijo-hadai, the moon, the shining stars, he made. 

 Yong sera-i nui-dai, he sees in all places. 

 Ningtho-i mudai sat, ningtsi-ni mang mudai, as he sees in light, so he 



sees in darkness. 

 Nang di-dai theng, khi yong cheng-dai, whatever you do, he knows all. 



The Naga. 

 That large extent of mountainous country, bounded on the west by 

 the Kopili river, the great southern bend of the Barak, and the eastern 

 frontier of Tipperah, in nearly east longitude 83° ; on the north by the 

 valley of Asam ; on the east and south-east by the hills dividing Asam 

 from the Bor-Khamti country in longitude 97°, and the valley of the 

 Kyendrens ; and on the south by an imaginary line, nearly correspond- 



