340 Languages of the various tribes inhabiting the [April, 



Hangta ruh phin iaishang, and stay there, or literally, there and you 

 will stay. 



The Subjunctive Mood is formed by prefixing Lada to the usual form 

 of the Indicative. Thus ; 



Lada nga rakhi, if I laugh. Lada me rakhi, if thou laugh. Lada u 

 rakhi, if he laugh, &c. 



The Potential Mood is denoted by the use of the word Lah before 

 the verb. 



Nga lah rakhi, I can laugh. Ka lah rakhi, she can laugh. 



Gerund. Ban rakhi, to laugh, for the purpose of laughing. 



Participle. Da rakhi, laughing. 



Prohibition is indicated by the word Wat, put before the verbal 

 root. 



Wat tuh, do not steal. Wat khang ia ki, forbid them not. 



The sound of the letter M, is often used in composition, to express 

 negation. 



Ngim la wallam u kan, we did not bring the rice. 

 Kim tet ia ki kti jong, they wash not their hands. 



Besides the use of interrogative particles, the only sign to denote 

 interrogation, is the raising of the voice at the end of the question, and 

 giving to the last syllable a lengthened articulation. 



U ei u ta ? Who is this ? 



Don ai uh pat ? What lack I yet, 



U neh um u kiim jong u ? Is not this his son ? 

 Particles. 



Haba, then, at which time. Handa kumta, at that time, when. 

 Man, Mannah, when , when ? 



E ; m, no. Hadi in, last. 



Shisha, truly. Biang biang, diligently. 



Shiwa, first. 



Conjunctions. Ruh, and. Naba, for, because. 



Lane, or Lada, if. 



From the illustrations already furnished and those that follow, it will 

 be observed that the Kassias make use of a large number of insignifi- 

 cant particles, most of which are merely euphonical. Such are Ba, 

 Nah, Te, &c. : in addition to an apparently too prodigal repetition of 

 the pronominal particles Ka and U. 



