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182 MATHEWS—ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES. [April 8, 
Dual. 
Biarsvere teiave Negulli Neulliga Ngullinya 
on { ee Ngullifiamba Ngu!ligilunna Ngullinyanumba 
GERMAN iY latsiiiehale oles Nula Nulaga Nulanna 
BONETSE Shek, 0. o's v's . Yallabural Bulaga Burannha 
Plural. 
{ Efage evans Nginna Nginnaga Ngurranna 
ek ee Nginnadyula Nginnagadyula Ngurranadyula 
PAE, Ben otto ikoters Nura Nuraga Nuranna 
cs lal I Megs eee Yalladhunna Dhurraga Dhurrana 
There are forms of the pronouns signifying ‘‘to me,’’ ‘‘from me,’’ 
‘“ with me,’’ and so on, as in the following few illustrations: 
Dhangandhera dhiga, he brought it to me. 
Dhirrithunggia dhigamil, he ran away from me. 
Ngunnhura niambu, with me rests he. 
Interrogatives: Ngannga, who? Nganngabural, who (dual)? 
Nganngadhunna, who (plural)? Ngangagu, whom belonging to? 
Minya, what? Minyanggu, what for? 
Demonstratives: This, nhu; that, nhurana. These demonstra- 
tives are very numerous, according as the object referred to is in 
front of, behind, near, or far from the speaker. Many of them ~ 
take inflexion for number and person. 
VERBS. 
Verbs have the singular, dual and plural numbers, the usual per- 
sons and tenses, and three principal moods—indicative, imperative 
and conditional. There is a distinctive form of the verb for each 
tense—present, past and future; but number and person are shown 
by short pronominal suffixes to the stem of the verb. These rules 
will be readily understood on perusing the following conjugation of 
the verb, bundhera, to beat: 
Indicative Mood—Present Tense. 
NSE HECKSOD), ous tice sn I beat Bundhiyu 
Singular.... BE) CAE ate Se eta Thou beatest Bundhindu 
REEL ATES ot oh athe ren He beats Bundhibu 
We, incl., beat Bundhili 
[ Ist Person....... | We, excl., beat Bundhilingmba 
Dual....... : ad C6 ee You beat Bundhinula 
| 3d OO Siavaco oat _ They beat Bundhibula 
ini es ie i 
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