310 Notes on the Languages spoken by tlie Mi-S7imis. [No. 4. 



40. Kaprei halong. 



50. Manga halong, &c. &c. 



100. Malum, 1000 Ee-jong. 



There are no ordinals in the language. 



Or Pronouns. 



There is no distinction of gender in the pronouns of this lan- 

 guage. In the case of the 1st and 2nd person, the sex is supposed 

 to be known, and in the 3rd person it must be inferred by a refer- 

 ence to its antecedent. 



The Personal Pronouns are — 



Singular. Plural. 



1st Ha. I. Hing long. We. 



2nd Nyo. Thou. Nyo long. Ye. 



3rd Mta. He or she. Mta long. They. 



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

 exemplified with reference to nouns substantive. 



The Demonstrative Pronouns are Esa the proximate, and Hisa, 

 the remote. These are reduplicated to denote the plural. 

 Esa-esa these, and Hisa-hisa those. 

 The Interrogative Pronouns are Saha, who ? Esa- ha, which ? and 

 sageha, what ? 



Belative Pronouns are very vague, so much so indeed, that I am 

 unable to speak with precision of the existence of any, sentences 

 being in general so rendered as to obviate the necessity of them. 

 Thus, instead of the phrase, " the man who died" a Taying would 

 say, Nme siyoge-a, the man he died or the dead man. So also the 

 phrase Tou-chi bri-a — " the oil it was purchased, would be used for, 

 the oil which was purchased." 



Oe 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 relations of time are expressed by affixes, except in the pre- 

 sent tense, which may be taken as the root of the verb ; and only 

 three Tenses can be traced in the language, viz. the Present, the 



