63. -12. bonjou. The letter _r_ is as difficult for Tombouctou as
it is for the negroes in the Southern States. Tombouctou's language is
like the Pidgin-English used in the Orient, he pays no attention
to syntax, but puts his verbs in the first conjugation and in the>
infinitive, that is, he knows only one form of the verb (_aimé, cherché;
reconné_, etc.); the mistakes will be easily seen (Bézi, p. 53,
l. 18, is for _Bézières_; Empéeu, p. 54, l. 7, is for _Empereur_;
gives and capules, p. 57, l. 11, are for _grives_ and
_crapules_; povisions, p. 58, l. 3, for _provisions_, etc.);
gadé, pésonne = _garder, personne_ (p. 60, l. 5); pati, p.
60, l. 21, is for _parti_, one verb which he does not put in the
first conjugation; moi fait mangé colonel, that is, he was the
colonel's cook; Algéie, for _Algérie_.