GRAMMAR OF THE YAGGARA LANGUAGE. 
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Present — Present — 
Ngats'a balkana, I come Ngats'a yadmanya, I go 
Nginte balkana, thou comest Nginte yadmanya, thou (boy) 
(boy) ^ goest 
Ngilpula balkana, thou comest Ngilpula yadmanya, thou (girl) 
„ (g^l) 
N galam balkana, he comes 
Ngalam ds'undal balkana, she Ngalam ds'undal yadmanya, she 
goest 
Ngalam yadmanya, he goes 
comes 
Ngadli balkana, we come 
Ngilpula balkana, you come 
Layim balkana, they come 
Put lire — 
goes 
Ngadli yadmanya, we go 
Ngilpula yadmanya, you go 
Layim yadmanya, they go 
Future — 
Baru ngats'a balkana, I shall come Baru ngats'a yadmanya, I shall go 
Baru nginte balkana, thou (boy) 
wilt come 
Baru ngilpula balkana, thou (girl) 
wilt come 
Baru n galam balkana, he will 
come 
Baru n galam ds'undal balkana, 
she will come 
Baru ngadli balkana, we shall 
come 
Baru ngilpula balkana, you will 
come 
Baru layim balkana, they will 
come 
Preterite- 
Ngats'a balkari, I came 
Nginte balkari, thou (boy) 
earnest 
Ngilpula balkari, thou (girl) 
earnest 
Ngalam balkari, he came 
Ngalam ds'undal balkari, she 
came 
Ngadli balkari, we came 
Ngilpula balkari, you came 
Layim balkari, they came. 
Baru nginte yadmanya, thou 
(boy) wilt go 
Baru ngilpula yadmanya, thou 
(girl) wilt come 
Baru ngalam yadmanya, he will 
go 
Baru ngalam ds'undal yadmanya, 
she will come 
Baru ngadli yadmanya, we shall go 
Baru ngilpula yadmanya, you 
will go 
Baru layim yadmanya, they will 
go 
Perfect — 
Ngats'a yadni, I have gone - 
Nginte yadni, thou (boy) hast 
gone 
Ngilpula yadni, thou (girl) hast 
gone 
Ngalam yadni, he has gone 
Ngalam ds'undal yadni, she has 
gone 
Ngadli yadni, we have gone 
Ngilpula yadni, you have gone 
Layim yadni, they have gone 
Imperative — 
Y adman, go ! 
The transitive yerbs have no passive form ; it is supplied by the 
active. 
The negative of the verbs is formed by putting yaggara (not) at 
the beginning of the sentence — e.y., Yaggara ngats'a yadmanya, I don’t 
go. In the interrogative form the syllable ngi (corresponding to the 
Polish czy or czyly, or the [Russian Jy) is inserted between the verb or 
adjective or pronoun — 
Yadmanya ngi nginte, dost thou Wuaera ngi nginte, are you 
come ? huugry ? 
Bayi ngi ngalam ds'undal, is she Wad li ngi nginte, are you bad ? 
sick? AVuaera ngi ngalam ds'undal, is 
she hungry ? 
