child is crying Run quickly to me! (Calling to the mother) "The Kan-doo pa-ring oh! Oo coo a kun-di-Boon-bile ... ... ... *In words thus marked, the "r" is guttural, and much dwelt on. ... Toon goon [mal li + Where "u" is used, the sound is open, like "oo", but perceptibly shorter; "u" as in undo, etc. "Gy" signifies that the "g" is prolonged till it terminates in a faint sound of " "Ng" beginning a word is pronounced like "ng" in king, etc. "RY" and "dr" are written when the sound is much shorter than the usual "dee", "ree", etc. "Ch" in words thus marked sound as in the German "ich", etc. "G" is always hard. The numerals refer to notes on p. 173. y". There is no "f" sound. Most of the blacks, when asked to express a number beyond three, give the word signifying "many", or else say, "that's all, no more my talk". Yet many of the younger men can count well in English. We had, last year, on the station, a young black fellow who could count a flock of sheep (say 200 to 1200) as they ran through the yard-gate. |