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And Hong, and Pap, are indiscriminately prefixed to numerals when 

 applied to inanimate objects. 



Of Pronouns. 

 There is no distinction of Gender in the pronouns of this language. 

 In the case of the 1 st and 2nd person, the sex is supposed to be known, 

 and in the 3rd person it must be inferred by a reference to its antece- 

 dent. 



The Personal pronouns are — 



Singular. Plural. 



Ne, I. Ali, we. 



Nang, thou. Nali, you, 



Alang, he, she, it. Anali, they. 



The relations of cases are denoted in the same manner, as already 

 exemplified with reference to nouns substantive. 

 Ne ne sal inghol, I do my work. 

 Ne yok sang biso he, give me a little rice. 

 The Demonstrative pronouns are Lapen, the proximate, and Ilapen^ 

 the remote. These are reduplicated to denote the plural. Lapen 

 lapen, these. Ilapen ilapen, those. 



The Interrogative pronouns are Inghone, who ? and which ? and 

 Mpopi, what? 



Relative pronouns are very vague, indeed I am not aware of the 

 existence of any ; the sentence being generally so rendered as to obviate 

 the necessity of them. Thus, instead of saying " the man who went," 

 a Mikir would say, Arleng gidam, the gone man. 



Of Verbs. 

 The various kinds of verbs in this language must be denominated 

 wholly from their meaning and signification, as active, passive, neuter, 

 causal, &c. 



The Indicative Mood, is the verb in its simplest state, unconnected 

 with any other to modify its operation. 



The relations of time are expressed by affixes, except in the present 

 tense, which may be taken as the root of the verb. 



Verbs undergo no modification consequent on number or person. 

 Present tense. Ne doA, J am ; Nang doA, thou art ; Alang doA, he is. 

 Ali doA, we are ; Nali doA, ye are ; Anali doA, they are. 

 And so in the case of any other verb. 



