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J) Gen: .. rd1,1DlU . ) Kardumo (in,:from Durmanau Kagili 1(. ) . ' AI Bedou (at" from El 0". 1, .. 43 a ••••• teg, I give {singular obj ect) 11 ) 11 i a ... ) (" ) Exercise 11. A. (JJ (2) (3) (4) (fi) (6) (fJ) (8) (9) (10) i wun;) kwa? ' aJJi a D;)inyou k v r o l " " Habibu1j tandige nyuf;)un kadaJ) tweni i a KabaruJ) kwedile teg? } kwedile teg Amina wun ne a? nyou ne a fjidili kwa\ i a ~Qu1J:ulo kwa? Bwer, a Malei kwa i a Sabol kvru.? Ewer, a Aminal kvro. nyi a telai? ei, aJJi a Kardumi telai wan!
C. • ,. o ~J:e. -~ kt'lo· (. ( ' .. 1 " •• ! 0' ", I,' .! '.. /...... r. / p - 4. -,. ' -' ) ~. I : ~. : , (\ •• \, J • ~ -'.. ' -! i. • ;' •. ~~( I' . , , , " , .. . : 20 wadaIJ Bwishi. nyulai kadai. I f. ;,. 0' I C. ishi -""l'v" a 1o -- ....... i 'y ' r'1 • Ka""al. I c. < • Ho truly satisfactory method of gro~ping into declensions has 'been found. Tominative. l~ -ny. ve the regular terminations. ,me kwone Loc: snmau kwonau (2) in gum (hole) has -e in Abl. g. also: kwnrnm (black ant), tulum (chest), kweny (face). (t>" ) (sun) ';'vadaJJ nyiIJaIJ ',Ace: wadaI) nyiIJaIJ Gen: wadaIJo nyi1JaIJo vat: v,radaIJe nyilJaJJi. _lik~L. J (calabash), griij (children). 1J~ige1J (child) has -e in Dat. Grammar of the Nyimang Language by Roland Stevenson
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