LANGUAGE OF THE BUNGANDITY TRIBE, S.A. 69 
We, incl., speak, Langul 
ts 1st Person We, excl., speak, Langa 
We, incl., speak, Lanéwawung 
Trial 1st Person We, excl., speak, Lanungéwawung 
Plural 1st Person | We" cxel speak, Lanungé 
In the above example, the whole of the singular, and the 
*‘ double we”’ of the dual, trial and plural, have been given, 
omitting the second and third persons for want of space. 
In the past and future tenses, the singular number only 
will be illustrated :— 
Past Tense. 
(1st Person I spoke, Léanha 
Singular < 2nd __,, Thou spokest, Léanin 
Lard). ,, He spoke, Léan 
Future Tense. 
1st Person I will speak, Langunga 
Singular < 2nd _,, Thou wilt speak, Langungin 
ore... He will speak, Langu 
Imperative Mood, Speak, Langga. 
Conditional Mood, I will perhaps speak, Langungamiu. 
Reflexive. 
The reflexive form of the verb describes an action which 
the subject executes directly upon himself :— 
I am talking to myself, Lanandhan, 
and so on through all the persons and numbers. 
Reciprocal. 
There is a form of the verb to express that two or more 
persons are reciprocally doing the act described :— 
Dual—We are talking to each other, Lanandhawanul. — 
Trial—We are talking to each other, Lanandhawanéwawuneg 
Plural—We are talking to each other, Lanandhawaneé. 
The second and third persons in each number are sim- © 
ilarly inflected. 3 
