1901-] 



MATHEWS — THE GUNDUNGURRA LANGUAGE. 



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Singular. 



Dual. . 



First Person . . 

 Second Person 

 Third Person . 



Plural. . \ 



Present Tense. 



. I am strong 

 , Thou art strong 

 , He is strong 



First Person . 



We are strong, incl. 



We are strong, excl. 

 ] Second Person . Ye are strong 

 i Third Person . . They are strong 



First Person 



f We are strong, incl. 

 ( We are strong, excl. 

 Second Person . Ye are strong 

 1 Third Person . . They are strong 



Yooroangga or Yoorwangga 



Yooroandyee 



Yooroang 



Yooroanga 

 Yooroangaloong 

 Yooroangboo 

 Yooroangboola 



Yooroanyun 

 Yooroanyulla 

 Yooroanthoo 

 Yooroanjimmalang 



The past and future tenses are not given, owing to want of space. 



Verbs. 



Verbs have the singular, dual and plural numbers, the usual per- 

 sons and tenses, and three principal moods, viz., indicative, im- 

 perative and conditional. The verb-stem and a contraction of the 

 pronoun are incorporated, and the word thus formed is used in the 

 conjugation. 



INDICATIVE MOOD. 



Present Tense, 



First Person ... I throw (throw I) 

 I Second Person . Thou throwest 

 Third Person . .He throws 



Dual 



First Person . . 



Second Person 

 Third Person . 



r 



Plural . \ 

 I 

 I 



Singular. 



First Person . . 



Second Person 

 Third Person . 



First Person . . 

 Second Person 

 Third Person . 



j We throw, incl. 

 i We throw, excl. 

 . Ye throw 

 . They throw 



We throw, incl. 



We throw.^excl. 

 . Ye throw 

 . They throw 



Past Tense. 



. I threw (threw I) 

 . Thou threwest 

 . He threw 



Yerreemangga 



Yerreemandyee 



Yerreeman 



Yerreemang'a 

 Yerreemangaloong 

 Yerreemanboo 

 Yerreemanboola 



Yerreemanyan 

 Yerreemanyalla 

 Yerreemanthoo 

 Yerreemandyoolung 



Yerreering'ga 

 Yerreerindyee 

 Yerreering 



