252 8. H. MATHEWS. 
by adding ngo to the pronouns in the foregoing table. Hx- 
amples in the singular number will be sufficient : 
(1st Per. Myself, Ngutthango Ngango 
Singular < 2nd ,, Thyself, Nginnakngo Nginnango 
ord ,, Himself, Dalukngo Dango 
The following table exhibits the pronouns of the possessive 
and objective cases :— 
Singular. Possessive. Objective. - 
1st Per. Mine, Nyini Me, Ngannin 
2nd 1, .7' Thine: Nguni Thee, Ngunun 
ord 64, Eis, Danin Him, Déya 
Dual. 
tee Bar Ours, incl., Ngalngun Us, incl., Ngalngunan 
* (| Ours, excl., Ngullun Us, excl., Ngullunan 
2nd 2°.) “Yours, Bullun You, Bullunan 
ord 4.6). theirs, Damalunya Them,  Bulléya 
Plural. 
TeeBor Ours, inecl., Nyuandun Us, incl., Nyuandunan 
*( Ours, excl., Nyanun Us, excl., Nyanunan 
2nd. 1) YOuUns: Nhurun You, Nhurunan 
ard. 4, hems: Ngamnyun Them, Dhamnan 
The demonstratives in this language are numerous, and 
can, by various combinations, be made to indicate position, 
direction, distance, person, number, possession, etc.; but 
these, and also the interrogatives, must be omitted. 
VERBS. 
Verbs have modifications for the tenses, but person and 
number are shown by the pronouns, as in the following few | 
examples, including transitive and intransitive verbs :— 
Present I speak, Nga loatbaty 
Past I spoke, Nga loatbatybenga 
Future I[shall speak, Nga loatbatyak 
and so on through all the persons and numbers. 
Reciprocal. 
We, dual, speak to each other, Ngalngin loatbadhan 
We shall speak to each other, Ngalngin loatbaddherak 
Transitive verbs take transitive pronouns: 
Present _I strike, Nguttha nyinnin 
