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MATHEWS — THE GUNDUXGURRA LANGUAGE. [Oct. 4, 



Plural . 



j We, incl. 



J We, excl. 



i Ye 



I They 



Goolanyan 

 Goolanyilla 

 Goolambanoo 

 Dhannoojimmalang 



Ours, incl. Goolanyannung 



Ours, excl. Goolanyillungoon 



Yours Goolanthooroong 



Theirs Goolangandyoolang 



These possessives admit of variations to include two or several 

 articles and in other ways. There are also forms of the pronouns 

 signifying, with me, with thee, and so on as follows : 



Singula?'. 



Dual 



( First Person. . 

 < Second Person 

 ( Third Person . 



I First Person . 



I Second Person 

 1 Third Person . 



r 



Plural. . -| 



I 

 I 



First Person . , 



Second Person 

 Third Person . 



. With me 

 . With thee 

 . With him 



f With us, incl. 

 I With us, excl. 

 . . With ye 

 . With them 



With us, incl. 



With us, excl. 

 . With ye 

 . With them 



Goolangngooreea 



Goolangooroonyee 



Goolangooroong 



Goolangooroongulla 

 G Dolangooroongullung 

 Goolangoorooloong 

 Goolangooroolangoo 



Goolangooroonunnung 

 Goolangooroonullungoo 

 Goolangooroonooroong 

 Goolangooroodyunnung 



There are other modifications of the pronouns to meet different 

 forms of expression. The demonstratives and interrogatives are 

 inflected for number and person like the rest. 



Adjectives. 



Adjectives take the same dual and plural numbers as the nouns 

 with which they are used : 



( i ) Barri buggarabang 



Barriwoolallee buggarabangoolallee 

 Barridyargang buggarabangargang 



(2) Bullan yeddung 



Bullanboollee yeddungboolallee 

 Bullandhar yeddungdyargang 



A wallaby, large 



A couple of wallabies, both large 



Several wallabies, all large 



A woman pretty 



A couple of pretty women 



Several pretty women 



Comparison is effected by saying, This is heavy — that is heavy ; 

 this is smooth — that is not ; this is sharp — that is very sharp. 



When used predicatively, as yooroang or yoorwang, he is strong, 

 an adjective can be conjugated through all the tenses and moods 

 of an intransitive verb : 



