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The following is a full table of the nominative pronouns : 



1st Person I Ngutthuk 



Singular. ... ^ 2d " Thou Ngutuk 



3d " He Nung 



1st Person i ^^'^' ^"^lusive Ngutthungul 



D^^l J I We, exclusive Ngutthungullin 



2d *' You Ngutuwal 



[3d «' They Dilakal 



r I St Person I ^^'^' inclusive Ngutthungan 



Plural J 1 ^^^' exclusive Ngutthungannin 



2d " You Ngutuwan 



3d " They Dilakanda 



There is a sort of trial number, which is formed by the addition 

 of the word balinia to the plural, as, Ngutthangan balinia, we three, 

 and so on for the remaining numbers. I am inclined to believe, 

 however, that this added word merely serves the purpose of a 

 numeral, and is copied from the Wuddyawurru tribes on the east, 

 and the Tyattyalli on the north, among whom I reported a trial 

 number last year.^ 



The following are examples in the singular number of the posses- 

 sive case : 



1st Person Mine Ngutthungat 



Singular. ... ^ 2d « Thine Ngutungat 



3d " Plis Nungat 



And so on through the remaining numbers. 



The full forms of the pronouns given above are mainly used in 

 replying to a question. In ordinary conversation the natives use 

 the pronominal affixes illustrated under the head of ** Verbs." 



The accusative pronouns, me, thee, him, etc., are not found 

 separately, like the nominative and possessive, but consist wholly 

 of the pronominal suffixes to verbs, nouns or other parts of speech, 

 as in the following example : 



1st Person (Some one) beats me Burtangun 



2d <' " beats thee Burtangu 



3d " " beats him Buitauung 



And SO on through all the numbers. See also the example under 

 the heading '* Prepositions.'' 



Demonstratives: The demonstratives in this language, by the 

 1 Journ, Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. xxxvi, pp. 77-86. 



