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Adjectives. 

 Adjectives follow the nouns which they qualify and are subject 

 to the same declensions for number and case. Comparison is effected 

 by using words signifying, '' This is good — that is bad." 



Pronouns. 



Pronouns take inflexion for number, person and case. There 

 are two forms in the first person of the dual and plural; one in 

 which the person or persons addressed are included with the speaker, 

 and another form in which the persons addressed are exclusive of 

 the speaker. In the following table the first of these forms is marked 

 " inclusive " and the second '' exclusive." The " inclusive " fonn 

 of the pronouns in the Arranda language has never been published 

 by any other author. I was also the first to report the double " we " 

 in the languages in the southeastern districts of South Australia '} 



There are two district forms of the first person in the singular 

 number, namely, ta and yinga. Ta is always used when connected 

 with a transitive verb, as, ta tuma, I beat; ta ilkuma, I eat. Yinga 

 is employed when connected with an intransitive verb, as, yinga 

 indama, I sleep. Yinga lama, I go. In the second person singular 

 there are also two forms of the pronuon — nnta for use with transi- 

 tive verbs, and nga with intransitive verbs. The third personal 

 pronoun, era, is regularly declined in all the numbers. 



The following is a full table of the nominative pronouns. " Tran- 

 sitive " and " intransitive " are respectively noted against the double 

 forms of the first and second pronouns in the singular, to show the 

 verbs with which they are employed. " Inclusive " and " exclusive " 

 are marked against the double forms of the dual and plural. 



Singular 



Dual 



'"The Bunganditch Language," Jotirn. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXXVII, 

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