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The most difficult part of their construction is in the dative and 

 accusative cases, which are absorbed in the verbs they are governed 

 by, in a manner unknown to other languages, being placed in the 

 centre of the verb, after the root, and before the tense terminal. 



As, i" speak to thee, " Eeng kajimetanna;" he spoke tome, " ayo 

 kajikedzngia ;" he spoke to them, " kajiked ko&i ;" the tiger saw me 

 " koola do nelded^wgia ;" he killed him, " ayo goikedaya." Here I have 

 underlined the oblique or accusative pronoun, where it comes in, just 

 before the tense terminal of the verb. 



Possessive Pronouns. 

 Singular. Dual. Plural. PI. comp. 



1st. Eenga* or ai'ngia, my alleengia allea abooa 



2d. Umma, thy abbena appea „ 



3cZ. Aya, his t akingia akoa „ 



These always precede their substantives. 

 Demonstrative Pronouns. 

 Singular Dual. Plural. 



Nee or inee, this neeking, these two niko, these 



Neea or ineea, of this neekingia, of these two neekoa, of these 



Neete, or ineete, to, xuith, neekingte, neekote, 



&c. this 



En, that enking, those two enko, those 



Ena, of that enkinga, of those two enkoa, of those 



Ente, by, from with &c. that enkingte, enkote, 



" Nee" this, is sometimes used idiomatically by a person referring 

 to himself. If a Kole were to be asked what countryman he was ? he 

 would answer, " Ho nee ge," I am ; or literally, this is a Kole. Of 

 what clan are you? Answer, " Poortee neege," / am a Poortee. 

 Interrogative Pbonouns. 

 Okoi, ivho? chikan, ivhich? chia, what? 



Okoia, ivhose ? chikana, of which f 



Relative Pronouns. 

 Relative pronouns are very vague, the sentence being generally so 

 rendered as to obviate the necessity of them, thus, instead of saying, 

 The man who went ; a Kole would say, The gone man, " Senien 

 Horo." 



* Pronounced, as ' mignon/ ' Ligne,' &c. in French. 



