NORTH QUEENSLAND ETHNOGRAPHY ROTH 105 



Translation. 



1. Who gave you the wommera ? 2. Who is the woman with 

 a child ? 3. To whom are you going ? 4. Whose child I thine ? 



5. Alongside whom is that-woman-yonder sitting? 6. Whither 

 is the man travelling? 7. Why are you sick? 8. From which 

 tree did he fetch the opossum ? (lit. where the tree he took the 

 opossum from ?) 9. Tell me, father, what (do you want). 

 10. Where is the kangaroo we are going to eat ? 



Example 33. 



1. nangu mayi gangga mundal-go una. 2. diraiuggur-e mayi 

 warka unanu. 3. ngando-we nayun mayi warka woa. 4. ngato 

 mayi gangga warka una. 5. ngayu mina kutchu warka magar- 

 tchir mandenu. 6. dana kadagai-tchir kadanu. 7. piri burla 



wameya: barna warkangamu < dadanu. 8. nerando-ncai 



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warkangamu didar-ngan ngonilu kadara. 9. dirainggur nulu 



nanggor-ga ngondu kadai, ngando galmba. 10. yerka mayi 



pudal : kabir galmba. 



Translation. 



1. She has a small quantity of yams. 2. The old man will 

 have a lot of foud. 3. Give that woman yonder a large quantity 

 of food. 4. I have a large amount of yams. 5. I shall catch a 

 large amount of fish with my net. 6. They will come with all 

 their possessions. 7. All the men will go to where-the-rivers- 

 meet. 8. The whole lot of women are returning from didar 

 (Cape Bedford). 9. The old-man came back to camp : and so did 

 the woman. 10. The boy is eating — and the girl too. 



Example 34- 



1. bama nulu milbir mandenu : kalka galmba. 2. dirainggur 

 kundodana yerlngar-go ninggal. 3. kalka, wondara nanu una % 

 4. ganggal wondara galbai ? 5. nanu mayi gangga warka una? 



6. mina kutchu warka nundu mane? 7. nulu kutchu kundoigo 

 mane: ngayu warkangamu. 8. dongoinga-ngai dana murkar walu 

 pita, kundoigo galmba murkar ninggal. 9. dana ngando-ngai 

 yerlngar-go yoku yubaigo ninggal. 10. buiiwe-ngai dana mina 

 dabadaba : dana warkangamu galmba ninggal. 



Translation. 



1. The man will fetch the wommei-a : and the spear too. 

 2. Three old men are sitting apart (lit. there are three old 

 men : they are sitting apart). 3. How many spears are yours? 



