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GRAMMAR.
Substantives and Adjectives are not declined: the same word expresses both the singular and the plural.
Pronouns.
| I, me | Wah. |
| My, mine | Wah-gi. |
| We, us | Wahn. |
| Our, ours | Wahn-gi. |
| Thou, thee | Ler. |
| Thy, thine | Ler. |
| You (plural) | Neen. |
| Your, yours | Neen-gi. |
| He, she, it, him , her | Ee or e. |
| His, her, hers, its | Ee-gi. |
| They, them | Een. |
| Their, theirs | Een-gi. |
Verbs remain the same in all moods, tenses, numbers and persons. These distinctions are shown by the addition of certain auxiliary verbs, as follows :—
| To come | Li. |
| He has come | Li leoow. |
| He came yesterday | Ee dzah-jit oo li. |
| Has he come? | Ee oo li ah-baw ? |
| He isn't coming | Ee m li. |
| He doesn't want to come | Ee m i li. |
| He can't come | Ee boy tit li or m oy li. |
| Why hasn't he come yet? | Eo dzawnee booay li? |
| Is he coming? | Ee li ah me |
| You needn't come | Ler meen-eng li. |
| Don't you come? | Ler m i li! |
