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GRAMMAR.
Substantives and Adjectives are not declined: the same word expresses both the singular and the plural.
Pronouns:
| I, me | Ngi. | |
| My, mine | Ngah-ki. | |
| We, us | Ngi-teu. | |
| Our, ours | Ngi-teu-ki. | |
| Ngah-teu-ki. | ||
| Thou, thee | Nyee. | |
| Thy, thine | Nyah-ki. | |
| You (pl.) | Nyah-teu. | |
| Your, yours | Nyee-tue-ki. | |
| Nyah-teu-ki. | ||
| He, she, it, him, her | Key. | |
| His, her, hers, its | Keeah-ki. | |
| They, them | Key-teu. | |
| Their, theirs | Key-teu-ki. | |
| Keeah-teu-ki. |
Verbs remain the same in all moods, tenses, numbers and per- sons. These distinctions are shewn by the addition of certain auxilliary verbs, as follows:—
| To come | Loy. |
| He has come | Key loy-loh. |
| He came yesterday | Key ts'am-poo-nyit loy. |
| Has he come? | Key loy-m-ts'en? |
| He isn't coming | Key m-loy. |
| He doesn't want to come | Key m-oy-loy. |
| He can't come | Key m-loy-tet. |
| Why hasn't he come yet? | Tsoh mahk-ki key m-ts'en loy? |
| Is he coming? | Key loy-m-loy? |
| You needn't come | Nyee m-sz-loy. |
| Don't you come! | M-how-loy! |
