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diversity of the third personal pronouns, which have little 

 or no etymological connection with the others. 



Verbs. 

 Verbs have the same numbers, persons, tenses and moods, 

 as the other languages treated in this article. In the first 

 person of the dual and plural there is a variation in the 

 suffix of the verb indicating the inclusion or exclusion of 

 the person spoken to. An example of the present tense of 

 the indicative mood only will be given. 



fist Person I sit, Ngangan 



Singular -l 2nd ,, Thou sittest, Ngangar 



1 3rd ,, He sits, Nganga 



,1st Person! £«• £*>•• s ?*' Ngangangul 

 ( \ We, excl., sit, Ngangangullung 



Dual < 2nd ,, You sit, Ngangangula 



t3rd ,, They sit, Ngangabullang 



1st Person I We ' incL ' sit ' N g an g an g ur 

 ( I We, excl., sit, Ngangandhang 



Plural < 2nd ,, You sit, Ngangan guta 



L 3rd ,, They sit, Ngangandhana 



Adverbs. 

 No, bureba. Yes, ngungui. Here, gingga. There, nyua. 

 Where, windyella. 



Prepositions. 



Prepositions may be either separate words, or tliey may 



consist of modifications of other parts of speech to express 



a prepositional meaning. Several prepositions are subject 



to inflexion for person and number : 



( 1st Person At my back, Warmadhak 

 Singular < 2nd ,, At thy back, Warmadhangin 

 1 3rd ,, At his back, Warmadhanyuk 



^ , 1 . p I' At our, incl., back, Warmadhangul 

 uuai ist rer. <j At ou ^ excl ^ back ^ Warma dhangullung 



Pinr-Qi i«t p., ( At our ' incL ' back ' Warmadhangurra 

 r-micii ibi irei. j At Qu ^ excl ^ back ^ Warmadhangandak 



