234 K. H. MATHEWS. 



Pronouns, 

 There are two forms of first person of the dual and plural 

 one in which the person or persons addressed are included 

 with the speaker, and another in which they are exclusive 

 of the speaker. 



The following is a list of the pronouns in the nominative 



case : — 



fist Person I, Ngaia 



Singular { 2nd ,, Thou, Nginda 

 1 3rd ,, He, Nong 



Dual 1st Person I We ' incl " N g utti 

 Dual 1st Feison j w ^ excl ^ Nguttiwalgu 



™ i t 4. t> ( We, incl., Ngenang 



Plural 1st Person < ™. ' , ' T & & , 



(We, excl., Ngenawalgu 



The genitive and accusative forms of the pronouns, in 



the singular number only, are exhibited in the following 



table : — 



1st Person Mine, Dlialga Me, Ngiinya 



2nd ,, Thine, Nginnumbo Thee, Nginna 



3rd ,, His, Nonningbo Him, Nonninyang 



The dual and plural are omitted, for the purpose of 



saving space. 



Interrogative pronouns. — Who, ngannung. Whose, ngan- 

 numbo. What, miang. What for, miangrai. How many, 

 minnhan. 



Demonstrative pronouns. — This or here, dying. That or 

 there, ngandha. Those two, ngandambural. Those, plural, 

 ngandadyillong. The demonstratives are numerous and of 

 various forms, frequently taking the place of pronouns of 

 the third person, a circumstance which explains the great 

 diversity of the third personal pronouns in all the numbers. 



Verbs. 

 There is a difference in the termination of the verb for 

 each tense. Any required person and number in each tense 



