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Of number : Once, ninta ranga or ninta ngara. How many times, 

 ntakinyaranga. Twice, tera ranga. Sometimes, urbutya ranga. 



Of order : The first, arugula. The last, inkana. Between, mbola. 



Of quantity : Much, nyara. Little, kurka. Enough, kala. So, 

 lakina. Like, ngera. More, wota. 



Of quality : Slowly, monjala. Badly, kuna. Quickly, parpa. 

 Good or well, mara. 



Of affirmation : Certain or true, tutna. Of course, wakuia. Yes, 

 wa or wabala. 



Of negation : No or none, itya. None or not, gunia and lira. 



Prepositions. 



There are two sorts of prepositions, one class comprising separate 

 words, and the other consisting only of small particles annexed to 

 the nouns — both being placed at the end of the word to which they 

 belong. The separate words are as follows : 



In front, ulara. Behind, topala. Outside, gatala. Between, 

 mbobula. Other side, ntuara. This side, nunkara. Beside, nkelala. 

 Close by, itinyawara. Through, ntuarintyirka. Upon, katningala. 

 Over, katningalagana. Down, kwanakala. Inside, kwanala. 



The prepositions annexed to nouns as suffixes are : Upon, into, 

 una. Example, kwatya-una, abridged to kwatyuna, into the water. 

 Bira-una (biruna), upon the tree. By or with, lela. E. g., atualela, 

 by the man. At, la, as Tyoritya-la, at Alice Springs. With or 

 along with, gata. Without, raba. For, or in exchange, gityala. 

 For (the sake of), kaguia. On (as, on a nail), kieka. From, out 

 of, ibena or ibera. 



Conjunctions. 



This languages possesses very few conjunctions, most of them 

 being combined with the verb. There is not even a proper word for 

 the copula, and the following are the only examples found : Too, 

 also, tuta or urungara. Yet (nevertheless), etalinya. But, bula. 

 Only, wara. The suffix, -nta, also means only. As, than, ngetyina. 

 Then, gurunga. 



Interjections. 



Hear ! aai ! I am sorry ! apu ! Behold ! erai ! Woe ! tyikabai. 

 Indeed, verily, nturbai ! Calling attention, tyikai ! 



