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MATHEWS — THE GUNDUNGURRA LANGUAGE. 



[Oct. 4, 



r 



Dual . 



Singula) 



Plural 



First Person . 



\ Second Person 

 I Third Person . 



We threw, incl. 

 We threw, excl. 

 Ye threw 

 They threw 



First Person . 



Plural . \ 



f We threw, incl. 

 I We threw, excl. 

 Second Person . Ye threw 

 i Third Person . . They threw 



I 



First Person . . 

 Second Person 

 Third Person . 



First Person . . 



Dual . . \ 



Second Person 

 I Third Person . 



First Person . . 



) Second Person 

 Third Person . 



Future Tense. 



. I will throw 



. Thou wilt throw 



. He will throw 



f We will throw, incl. 

 I We will throw, excl. 

 . Ye will throw 

 . They will throw 



f We will throw, incl. 

 I We will throw, excl. 

 . Ye will throw 

 . They will throw 



IMPERATIVE MOOD. 



Singular 



Dual . . 

 Plural . 



Second Person 

 Second Person 

 Second Person 



. Throw thou 

 . Throw ye 

 . Throw ve 



Yerreering'a 

 Yerreeringaloong 

 Yerreeringboo 

 Yerreeringboola 



Yerreeooranyan 

 Yerreeooranyulla 

 Yerreeooranthoo 

 Yerreeooradyoolung 



Yerreeningga 

 Yerrenindyee 

 Yerreenin 



Yerreening'a 

 Yerreeningaloong 

 Yerreenimboo 

 Yerreenimboola 



Yerreeninyan 

 Yerreeninyulla 

 Yerreemunanthoo 

 Yerreemunadyoolung 



Yer'-ree 

 Yer'-ree-ou' 

 Yer' -ree-a-nhoor' 



CONDITIONAL MOOD. 

 Perhaps I will throw Yerreeningga 



booramboonda 



If a negative meaning be required, it is effected by means of an 

 infix, mooga, between the verb-stem and the abbreviated pronoun. 

 One example in the first person singular in each tense will exhibit 

 the negative form of the verb : 



I am not throwing 

 I did not throw 

 I will not throw 



Yerreemoogamangga 



Yerreemoogaringga 



Yerreemooganingga 



This negative infix can be applied in the same manner to all the 

 persons of the three tenses. 



There are numerous modifications of the verbal suffixes to con- 

 vey variations of meaning ; as, " I threw at him," " He threw at 



