and person. In the first person of the dual and plural
there is a variation in the affix to the verb to indicate the
inclusion or exclusion of the person spoken to.

_Indicative Mood_--_Present Tense_.

Singular 1st Person I beat _Ngubumangga_.
2nd " Thou beatest _Ngubumandyi_.
3rd " He beats _Ngubuman_.
Dual 1st Person We, incl., beat _Ngubumanga_.
We, excl., beat _Ngubumangalu_.
2nd " You beat _Ngubumanbu_.
3rd " They beat _Ngubumanbula_.
Plural 1st Person We, incl. beat, _Ngubumanyin_.
We, excl. beat, _Ngubumanyilla_.
2nd " You beat _Ngubumanhu_.
3rd " They beat _Ngubumandyula_.

_Past Tense_.

1st Person I beat, indefinite _Nguburingga_.
Singular, I beat recently _Ngubumuingga_.
I beat going along _Ngubunyirringga_.
I beat long ago _Nguburiangga_.

_Future_.

I will beat, indefinite _Ngubuningga_.
I will beat soon _Ngubumunningga_.

The inflections extend through all the persons and numbers of the past
and future tenses by means of the suffixed particles shown in the
present tense.

_Imperative_.

Singular Beat thou _Ngubi_.
Dual Beat you _Ngubidyaiau_.
Plural Beat you _Ngubidyaianhu_.
Negative or prohibitive Beat not _Ngubimuga_.

_Conditional Mood_.

Perhaps I will beat _Ngubuninggawundu_.

_Reflexive_.

I am beating myself _Ngubuwillimangga_.
I was beating myself _Ngubuwilliringga_.
I will beat myself _Ngubuwilliningga_.
and so on for the other persons and numbers.
Imperative.--Beat thyself _Ngubuwilli_.

_Reciprocal_.

Dual We, excl., beat each other _Ngubuwillaringalung_.
Plural We, excl., beat each other _Ngubuwillarinyilla_.

_Imperative reciprocal_.

Dual Beat each other _Ngubilliau_.
Plural Beat each other _Ngubillianhu_.

An infix, _muga_, between the stem of the verb and the termination,
gives a negative meaning, as, _Ngubumugamangalu_, we, dual exclusive,
did not beat.

There is no passive form of the verb, all sentences being in the
active voice, thus, instead of saying, "A boomerang was thrown by the
man," the phrase would be, "The man threw a boomerang."