102 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



Example 26. 



1. bayen kanal nanume : nulu wauu-dir waminu. 2. ngantan 

 dabaigo buriwe pudal ngoba ! 3. godera barbega : ugayu ngondu 

 kadanu ngoba. 4. ngando warragur ngai danangan ngayu kun- 

 danu. 5. ngali nila bama warra-ngoal dudanu. 6. bobonanume 

 ngayu wauu-dir ningganu. 7. goderego baibila : kadanu nundu. 



8. dana gauguru nila wau-u-dir wogurnu. 9. nulu yirgalgal 

 magar-tchir kadanu. 10. bama muru nulu bama galbai kun- 

 daya. 



Translation. 



1. He would like to go (lit. lie will go with-all-his heart) to 

 your sister's hut. 2. We are perhaps eating the emu to-morrow. 

 3. I may perhaps come back in two days (lit. having-slept twice, 

 etc.). 4. I will beat the bad women. 5. We-two are about to 

 run away from the direction of the bad men. 6. 1 would like 

 to sit-down at your place. 7. You must come back in three 

 days (twice slept). 8. They would like soon to go emu-hunting. 



9. He is speaking about coming with a net. 10. The short 

 fellow might hit the tall one. 



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Example 27. 



1. yubal dadara : budo galakati ; ngatonga ngondu gari gura 

 kada. 2. yura warkangamu buriwe warka pudala. 3. diraing- 

 gur ! nundu ngondu kada ! ngatonga mayi pudala. 4. danangan 

 warka-ngamu detchuro dudor ningganu. 5. koko-yimidir 

 ngato merila : ngayu koko mandenu. 6. mayi nila pudanu : 

 nundu ngantanun nila woa. 7. ngando warra ngayu dubinu. 

 8. bayen ngamu-ngato-me ngayu gura a unanu. 9. yerka nulu 

 yoku-dingabe madatinu : nangu ngandaimara. 10. kalka-ngai 

 ngondu maude : dana damaigamu. 



Translation. 



1. Go away, you two fellows, keep going : don't come back to 

 me here. 2. Here ! all you people ! come and eat the big emu. 

 3. Come back here, old-chap, and dine with me. 4. Tell the 

 whole lot of them to be quiet. 5. Teach me to speak koko- 

 yimidir : I will learn. G. Give us this day our daily bread (lit. 

 to eat to-day : give us food now). 7. I shall leave the bad 

 woman. 8. Permit me to rest in mother's hut. 9. The boy 

 will climb the tree-trunk : don't let him. 10. Bring the spears 

 here : or they will right. 



