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Well, then, no matter how exact or practised a speaker he may be, all we have to do is to make up our mind and apply ourselves to the language; and if we don’t quite reach the point he has attained, we shall not be very far behind him, I suspect.


 * i
 * he


 * ai
 * what?


 * hacin
 * kind


 * i
 * genitive affix


 * bahanaha
 * Pret. (4) of bahanambi to comprehend


 * urehe
 * Pret. (4) of urembi to be proficient


 * okini
 * Opt. (15) of ombi to be, may


 * muse
 * we


 * damu
 * only


 * mujilen
 * heart


 * be
 * accusative affix


 * teng
 * with sembi to be firm


 * seme
 * Ger. (3) of sembi to say


 * jafafi
 * Past Ger. (8) of jafambi to take


 * gūnin
 * thought


 * girkūfi
 * Past Ger. (8) of girkūmbi to exert


 * tacici
 * Cond. (6) of tacimbi to learn


 * udu
 * although


 * tere
 * that


 * ten
 * hight


 * de
 * to, at


 * isiname
 * Ger. (3) of isinambi to arrive


 * muterakū
 * Fut. (5) of mutembi to be able, with akū not


 * bicibe
 * Advers. (13) of bimbi to be


 * inu
 * yes, certainly


 * urunakū
 * without doubt


 * haminambi
 * to come near


 * dere
 * final particle expressing a presumption.