1904.] MATHEWS — NATIVE TRIBES OF VICTORIA. 61 



There are conditional, reflexive and reciprocal moods, similar in 

 principle to those shown in my Kamilaroi grammar/ There are 

 also modifications of the verbal suffixes of the past tense to indi- 

 cate the immediate past, the recent past, and the remote past. 

 Similar modifications exist for the proximate, or more or less dis- 

 tant future. There are likewise forms of the verb to express repeti- 

 tion or continuance of the act described, and many other complex- 

 ities, which need not be detailed in the present brief paper. 



ADVERBS. 



Following are a few examples in this part of speech : 



Yes, ko. No, bangat. To-day, thinggatbe. Yesterday, ngagat. 

 To-morrow, tungatti. By and by, kalu. Recently, wuluba. Long 

 ago, mulkaiu. All the time (doing something), girtnabe. All the 

 time (resting), girtitbe. Where, wunda. Where art thou, wunda- 

 yin. Where are you two, wundawar. Where are you all, wunda- 

 wan. 



PREPOSITIONS. 



Here, dinnu. There, dinnunung. These, with numerous modi- 

 fications, are also used as demonstratives. 



In front, gullingat. Behind, wurtgat. On the right, dumbitgat. 

 On the left, warumgat. Inside, gunni. Outside, gunna. Between, 

 bukkargat. This side, yukkai-gatthung. Other side, kunninung. 

 Down, wenyu. Up, gunnu. Underneath, wenyanu. Through, 

 yunyin. 



Many prepositions admit of inflection for person and number, as 

 in my " Thurrawal Language": "^ 



ist Person Behind me Wurtganhun 



Singular ^ 2d *« Behind thee Wurtganhu 



3d " Behind him Wurtganhung 



And so on through the remaining numbers and persons. 



NUMERALS. 



One, kaiappa. Two, bulattya. Several, bortung. 



1 yourn Anthrop. Inst., July-December, 1903. 



2 yozcrn, Roy. Soc. N. S. J Vales, Vol. xxxv, p. 148. 



