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THE KILIMA-NJAEO EXPEDITION. 
one form, and that is a slight one. It consists of n- 
prefixed to the pronominal particle preceding the verb, 
as:— 
Ol-dunani nesam ( n-e-sam ). 
The man who loves. 
En-doki nasam nanu. 
The thing which love I. 
= The thing which I love. 
The interrogatives are :— 
Anai? “who? which?” Nyo? and Ainyo ? “what?” K -, Ka? 3 
is often prefixed to nouns, and means “what sort of?” “what-?” 
Ka-l-kiten ? “what sort of a bullock ?” &c. 
All these interrogatives need the relative n- before 
the verb, as Anai neno ? “ Who is coming ? ” Ken-doTd 
neti ? “ What thing is here ? ” 
The demonstratives are :— 
Sing. Plur. 
Masc. Fem. Masc. Fern. 
Ele or elo. Ena , “this.” Kulo or Kale. Kuna , “these.” 
Elde. Enda, “that.” Kulde. Kunda, “those.” 
Sometimes n or ni (a form of the adv. eni, (i here,”) 
is prefixed to all the forms, and accentuates their posi¬ 
tion —nelo means “this, here,” When prefixed to the 
plural, hu is left out, as nieldo , “ those, these.” All 
these demonstratives may take their place as personal 
pronouns. 
Adjectival pronouns are 
Poki or bold, “ all, every.” 
(Pokirare , all two = both.) 
kai , other. 
Likai, masc. sing. 
Enkai , 1 fem. 
Nakai, ) sing, and plur. 
Kulikai , common. 
The adjectives in Masai are either independent 
nouns used in an adjectival sense (like in many of our 
3 Sometimes pronounced g-, ga. 
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the other., 
the others. 
