Tu-nge? Tu? Tu-maw? Eng-nge? Zeng-nge? Eng? Eng-maw? = What? Hhoi-i-nge? = Which? They are used thus:-- Tu-nge a lo kal? = Who has come? Tu-in-a nge i riak? = (house in =) you stay Whose Tu ar nge i lei? Tu-in-nge vel che? (fowl) = you buy? Who hit you? Whose Tu-nge i vel? = Whom did you hit? Tu and Tu-maw are only used thus:-- A lo kal Tu-Maw? or Tu? = He has come Who? Eng-nge i duh? Khoi-i lekha buh nge i duh? = What you want? (book) you want? which Which book do you want? Eng tui nge i choi? (water) = you draw? What The particle "a" preceding an interrogative pronoun has a partitive force. A tu-nge i ko? = Which of them did you call? Verbs. The same form is used for all persons and in singular and plural, the pronominal particles marking person and number. Shoi = to say Pres: Ka shoi = I say. Ka shoi mek = I am saying. Past: Ka shoi or } I said. { Ka shoi mek a ni = I Ka shoi or tawh } { was saying. Fut: Ka shoi ang } I will { Ka shoi mek ang Ka shoi dawn } say { = I shall be saying. Ka shoi tawh ang = I shall have said. Conditional Mood. Ka shoi tur = I would say, or, I ought to say. Ka shoi tawh tur = I would have said, or, ought to have said. The future terminations are often used in a conditional sense. Subjunctive Mood. Ka shoi chuan = If I say, said or had said. The following forms are peculiar and appear to me of foreign origin. The pronominal prefixes are absent, the person and number being indicated by different forms. Shoi i la or i lang = If I say or said. Shoi la, or lang = If thou sayest or saidst. Shoi shela or shelang = If he say or said. Shoi i la or i lang = If we say or said. Shoi u la or lang = If you say or said. Shoi shela or shelang = If they say or said. The pluperfect tense is formed by inserting "ta." Shoi ta i la = If I had said. Shoi ta u lang = If you had said. By inserting "ma" the meaning "although" or "even if" is given. Shoi ma she lang = Even if he says. Shoi ta ma u la = Although you say. Imperative Mood. The imperative has several forms:--