100 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



man returns to camp : and his wife too. 1. The old-men will 

 bring wommeras, and spears also. 5. My sister is eating a snake, 

 and so is my brother. 6. That fellow yonder has three spears. 



7. You stole his three spears. 8. 1 shall bring you the wommeras 

 for your children. 9. We will run-around the hut. 10. The old- 

 man will sit by his wife. 



Example 22, 



1. kalka ngalinun walu gulboigo. 2. nanu milbir inoimon : 

 ngato gura-moimon. 3. goda burla ganguru tindal gulboigo. 



4. bama nulu dani dadara, yimidir golan. 5. ngando purai warka 

 pudal, yimidir kutchu. 6. dirmba nanu gura milbir ngato galbai- 

 gulboigo. 7. goda yerlmbur : bama nulu gura-yerlmbur. 



8. kabir nulu wau-u-bieni : bama nayun gura-wauubieni. 9. 

 yewaigo bama warka ninggal : nayun gura-waika. 10. milbir 

 galbai kalka gura-galbai. 



Translation. 



1. Our two spears are similar. 2. My wommera is smoother 

 than yours. 3. A dog runs as quickly as a kangaroo. 4. The 

 man is walking as slowly as an opossum. 5. The woman is 

 drinking as much as a fish. 6. Your yam-stick is as long as my 

 wommera. 7. The man is fatter than a dog. 8. A man is more 

 thirsty than a girl. 9. There are a larger number of people there 

 than here. 10. A spear is longer than a wommera. 



Example 23. 



1. goda kabir wau-u-bieni : goda yerka gura wauubieni. 

 2. nundu kana balkati : ngayu gorer. 3. wandu kana yerlmbur : 

 yerka ngoba, kabir ngoba. 4. nundu wauubieni : Uganda gura- 

 wauubieni. 5. nulu karbunmal : nundu gura karbunmal. 

 (!. bama nulu wobuntchir manaya. 7. mantchal yinaren kana 

 warka. 8. nayun mantchal : nulu warka-budon. 9. ngando nulu 

 tindalgo dudai. 10. dirainggur nulu kana muru ninggal. 



Translation. 



1. Tin- dog is more thirsty than the slut. 2. I am younger than 

 you {lit. you were born first: I after). 3. Who is the fattest? 

 the man or the woman ? 4. The woman is more thirsty than you. 



5. You are-happier (to be glad) than he is. G. The man will be 

 satisfied. 7. These mountains are the highest. 8. That hill is 

 very big. 9. The woman was running very quickly. 10. The 

 old-man is the smallest. 



