LANGUAGES OF THE KILIMA-NJABO DISTRICT. 469 
Past Tense. 
Affirmative. 
Negative. 
At ena, 
I bound. 
Itu aen, 
I bound not. 
It ena, 
Thou boundedst. 
It men, 
Thou boundedst not. 
JLtena, 
He bound. 
Etu en, 
He bound not. 
VAtena, 
We bound. 
Itu Men, 
We bound not. 
VAtena, 
You bound. 
Itu hien, 
You bound not. 
VAena, 
They bound. 
Etue%, 
They bound not. 
Future Tense. 
(The particles used in forming this tense are evidently relics of the 
roots - lo , -po, signifying “ to go.” Vide Vocabulary, verbs. 
A1 aen, I shall find. 
(lit. dlo, I go. 
aen , to bind.) 
II aen, thou shalt bind. 
Vlaen, He shall bind. 
Kipu aen, We shall bind. 
(Kipu is an irregular plural of 
alo, to go, from another root.) 
Kipuaew, You shall bind. 
Epuae^, They shall bind. 
I shall not bind. 
Thou shalt not bind. 
He shall not bind. 
We shall not bind. 
You shall not bind. 
MAaeii, 
Mil aen, 
Mel aen, 
MekiMew, 
Mekilae^, 
(or 
Mekipuae?z), 
Mepu«6^, They shall notbind. 
(The vowels that come together 
in this tense are often contracted 
withonesound. Thus “Kipuae^” 
will be generally heard “Kip wen. v 
I spell them thus to show the 
proper mode of conjugating the 
tense.) 
Matew, 
let me bind. 
T ena, 
bind thou. 
Mat en, 
let us bind. 
End ena, 
bind ye. 
Ten, 
If, when, 
bind. 
Veien, 
If thou bide 
Imperative Mood. 
I 
Wien, 
bind not. 
Mi enieni, bind ye not. 
Subjunctive Mood. 
Present Tense. 
whilst I 
&c. 
lor I 
m, ) 
If I bind not. 
Pema en> 
pern en, 
Pemi en, If thou bind not. 
&c. 
This tense is made by prefixing the preposition joe, 
if, when, whilst, &c., to the present indicative. 
Another combination is with the relative particle n, 
ne, and expresses, “ that I may,” &c. It always 
