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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 
The pronouns are : — 
, Personal pronouns : 
N gats 'a, I 
Ngiute, thou or you (male) 
Ngilpula, thou or you (female) 
Ngalam, ho 
Ngalam ds'undal, she 
Ngadli, we 
Ngilpula, you 
Layim, they. 
The possessive pronoun is formed from the personal pronoun by 
affixing u uganowa” to it : 
Ngats'anganowa, my 
Ngintenganowa, your (male 
owner) 
Ngilpulanganowa, your (female) 
Ngalatnngauowa, his 
Ngalam ds'undal nganowa, her 
Ngadlinganowa, our 
The verb “to be” in the Yaggara language of the Yerongpan tribe 
is very simple. “ I am” is given through “ I.” “I was” is expressed 
by putting “banyi” between the adjective and the pronoun — 
N gil pulan gano wa, 3" our 
Layimnganowa, their 
Ngadlingauowa bing, our father 
Ngadlinganowa bingds'in, our 
fathers 
Ngilpulanganowa wallinggara- 
ds'angil, our old women. 
Present. 
Marumbaugats'a, I good (I am 
good) 
Marumbanginte, you (boy) are 
good 
Marumbangilpula, you (girl) are 
good 
Marumbangalam, he is good 
Maruinbangalam ds'undal, sho is 
good 
Marumbangadli, we are good 
Marumbangalam, you are good 
Marumbalayim, they are good. 
Preterite. 
Marumbabanyingats'a, I was 
good 
Marumbabanyiuginte, thou (boy) 
wast good 
M arum ba ban yin gil p u la, thou 
(girl) wast good 
Marumbabanyingadli, we were 
good 
Marumbabanyinginte, you were 
good 
Marumbabanyilayim, they were 
good. 
The future tense is seldom employed, the present being taken 
for it. The mind of the aboriginal was much too careless to think of 
a future time, and too bright to think of coming good or evil. The 
future, if used, is transcribed by “bam,” soon — 
Future. 
Earu marumbangats'a, I shall be good 
Baru marumbaiigiute, thou (boy) wilt be good 
Bara marumbangilpula, thou (girl) wilt be good 
Baru marumbangalam, he will be good 
Baru marumbangalam ds'undal, she will be good 
Baru marumbangadli, we shall be good 
Baru marumbangilpula, you will be good 
Baru marumbalayim, they will be good. 
The other verbs have two active forms, one for the present and 
future, and another one for the preterite — 
To come : do go : 
Future and Fresent — Future and Fresent — 
Balk ana Yadmanya 
Freterite — Freterite — 
Balkar i Yadni 
