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me," etc., which can be conjugated for number and person. Case 

 can also be indicated in this way, as already stated in dealing with 

 the nouns. 



Verbs have no passive voice. If a native desires to state that a 

 fish was swallowed by a pelican, he would say, " A pelican swal- 

 lowed a fish." 



Prepositions. 



Some prepositions can be used separately, as dhooreegoong, be- 

 tween ; warroo, around ; willinga, behind, and several others, 

 thus : Dhooreegoong ngullawoolee, between trees two or between 

 two trees ; gunbee warroo, the fire around or around the fire. 



A prepositional meaning is often obtained by a verb; thus, 

 instead of having a word for st up " or "down," a native will say, 

 Boomaningga, up I will go ; wooraramuningga, down I will go. 

 Many of the prepositions admit of conjugation for number and 

 person, as in the following example : 



Singular. 



r 



Dual . . \ 



r 



Plural . <{ 



I 



First Person . . 

 Second Person 

 Third Person . 



First Person . . 



Second Person 

 Third Person . 



First Person . . 



Second Person 

 Third Person . 



. Behind me 

 . Behind thee 

 . Behind him 



f Behind us, incl. 

 i Behind us, excl. 

 . Behind ye 

 . Behind them 



Behind us, incl. 

 Behind us, excl. 

 Behind ye 

 Behind them 



Willingia 



Willinganyee 



Willingawoong 



Willingangulla 

 Willingangullung 

 Willing angawooloong 

 Willingangawoolangoo 



Willinganyanung 

 Willinganyanungoo 

 Willinganthooroong 

 Willingadyanung 



Adverbs. 



Space will not permit of a list of adverbs any further than to 

 illustrate how some of them can be conjugated : 



Singular. 



First Person . . W r here go I 

 Second Person . Where goest thou 

 Third Person . . Where goes he 



r 



First Person 



Dual . . -{ 



I 

 I 



f Where go we, incl. 



I Whiere go we, excl. 

 Second Person . Where go ye 

 Third Person . . Where go they 



Xgoondeeneea 



Ngoondeeneenee 



Ngoondeeneeoong 



Ngoondeeneenga 

 Ngoondeeneengool ung 

 Ngoondeeneewoo 

 Xgoondeeneewoola 



