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THE KILIMA-NJABO EXPEDITION. 
follows an interrogative pronoun or a preceding verb. 
This tense is often expressed by an infinitive in 
English, as :— 
Ayau naen, I wish to bind; lit. I wish that I may hind. 
After a relative or interrogative pronoun it is pre¬ 
fixed to the verb in the same manner, as :— 
Ahai nen ? "Who is binding? lit. Who that is binding ? 
Its manner of uniting with the personal prefixes of 
the verb is the same as that of joe, me, and other 
particles already given, viz.:— 
Naen, 
Nein, 
Nen, 
Nelden, 
N elden, 
Nen , 
> that I may, thou mayest, he may, &c., hind. 
J 
Both these particles, jpe and ne or ni, together with 
others, such as teni, u if,” perchance, A, Ka, “ What?” 
(Ka ien ? “ What art thou binding ?”) may be prefixed to 
all the tenses of the indicative mood in the active and 
passive voices, thus giving them a subjunctive or 
potential sense. 
Thus you may say :— 
P etena, If he bound. 
NeituJcien, That we hound not. 
&c. 
Passive Yoice. 
-eni, to he hound. 
Indicative Mood. 
Affirmative. 
A eni, I am hound. 
I eni, Thou art hound. 
&c. 
Present Tense. 
Ma eni. 
Mi eni, 
Negative, 
I am not hound. 
Thou art not bound, 
&c. 
Adding for this tense -i to the present indicative, active voice. 
