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LANGUAGE.
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Thou Mangee. Ye or you Gnowo.
Thine Koothoula. Yours Ngingal.
Thee Nungoo. You  


He Jilly. They Mandha.
His Nungal. Theirs Thanal.
Him Noonga. Them


She   They
Hers   Theirs
Her   Them
(No feminine pronouns.)


It   They  
Its   Theirs  
It   Them  
(No neuter pronouns.)


6. Relative pronouns—

Who Nan (also expresses "what"). What Nanma.
Which Wunman. That Ketchoon.

Give one or two short sentences showing how the relative pronouns are used.—(See Remarks.)

7. Possessive pronouns—

My Ngetal. Our Nindi thanal.
Thy Ngingal. Your Ngwana thanal.
His Ngungal. Their  
Her (No feminine pronouns.)    

State how they are expressed and used, and give short sentences by way of illustration.—(See Remarks.)

8. Distributive pronouns–

Each Bremba. Either    
Every Ngurtana. Neither    

State how they are expressed and used, and give a few short sentences by way of illustration.—(See Remarks.)

9. Indefinite pronouns

Some Preporetha. One Kootook.
Other   Any Nappan.
No Ngalko. All Girtgan.
None Naatbun. Such  

Are they declined, and, if so, how?—(See Remarks.)

10. Adverbs—

Here Tintaka. Backward Ngrow.
There Manana. Forward Ngoolo.
Where Woonman. Homeward Mellagan.
Hither Bootjee. Hence Moolo.
Thither Thoondho. Thence  
Whither Wool. Whence