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Singular. 



Dual. 



Plural. 



Nhai, this 



Nhaiwulali 



Nhaial 



Nham, that 



Nhawulali 



Nhawulal 



Narria, yon 



Narriawulali 



Narrial 



These three terms have each several variations according to the 

 relative position of the object referred to in regard to the speaker. 



Nom. Agent — If the individual represented by the pronoun is 

 -doing some act, nyilli is used, as nyilli bulmandhan, this (fellow) 

 strikes me. The dual is nyilliwulali, and plural nyillal. Nyilla, 

 instead of nyillee, is used in the singular in the past and future 

 tenses. If the person referred to is in the rear of the speaker, 

 nyillundyimung is used; if he is in front, nyillundya. There are 

 also several other modifications of the word to convey different 

 shades of meaning. 



Possessive. — The possessive case takes the following suffixes, for 

 which one example will be sufficient : 



Singular, Nhawuli, belonging to that (fellow). 

 Dual Nhawulaliwuli, belonging to those two. 



Plural Nhalwuli, belonging to those all. 

 Dative Nhaialwunung, for all these (plural). 

 Ablative Nhaialdeen, from all these (plural). 



Tense is shown in the following examples : — Present — Yuifi 

 nyinyi, the man is here ; Yuifi nhameng, the man is there. Past 

 — Yum nyinyawaia, the man was here; Yuifi nhawaia, the man 

 was there. Future — Yuiii nyinyawawang, the man will be here; 

 Yuifi nhawawang, the man will be there. Nyiniwuli, belonging 

 to here (this place). Yawali, that one also. Yawalingai, I also. 

 Nyilligarangga, that fellow also (did it). Ngai, to here; ngundyin, 

 from here. Mungandin, from this place. 



Interrogatives. — The interrogative, Ngunnung nyinyim'? "who 

 there 1 ?" varies with the number of persons referred to: — Singular, 

 ngunnung ; dual, ngunnumbulali ; plural ngunnumbuloala. 



If "who" refer to an act described in a transitive verb, it 

 (becomes ngunnungga, and changes with the number of persons 



