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28 And ""Which is your camp?" is—

And "What are you carrying in your hand?" is—

7. To express the pronoun " my," they say, "for my spear," Waal ma gnetal (spear of mine); "thy spear" is Waal ma gningal (spear of thine); and "his spear" is Waal ma gnungal (spear of his).

8. The distributive pronouns I have found very difficult, as it is hard to make the blacks understand what is meant. I give you one sentence to show the way the pronoun "each" is used. "I will give each of you a spear" is—

I suppose equivalent to our expression "I will give to each and all of you a spear."

9. The indefinite pronouns are not declined.

10. The adverbs, also, I have found difficult to obtain. The word "homeward" I have given as Mellagan; but this merely expresses "to return," and is mostly used to express returning to one's settled home, or to home for the time being. The words I have not given I have failed to procure. I do not think their equivalents exist in the language.

11. Of the prepositions I have given you all I could get, and I add a few sentences to show how they are used. To express "between"—as, for instance, "I was between two kangaroos," they say—

"Put that rug over the camp" is—

"I will go with you" is—

And "I was under the tree" is—