254  MATHEWS—LANGUAGES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. [May 15, 
There are forms of the pronouns meaning ‘“‘ away from me,” 
‘‘towards me,’’ etc., which must be passed over for want of space. 
Interrogatives: Who, anunga. What, nyanga. What for, 
nyangabura. 
Demonstratives: This, indya. That, indyunda. The demon- 
stratives are numerous, and of various forms, frequently taking the 
place of pronouns of the third person in the singular, dual and 
plural. This accounts for the great diversity of the third personal 
pronouns, which have little or no etymological connection with 
the others. 
The demonstratives in this language, by the combination of simple 
root-words, can be made to indicate position, direction, distance, 
movement, possession, number, person and size. If space permit- 
ted, I could show tables of these demonstratives which would be 
most important for comparative purposes. This applies also to the 
Banbai demonstratives. 
VERBS. 
Verbs have the singular, dual and plural numbers, with the usual 
tenses and moods. There is a form of the verb for each tense, 
which remains constant through all the persons and numbers of 
that tense. Any person and number can be expressed by using the 
required pronoun from the table given in the foregoing page. 
Following is a short conjugation of the verb Nyuka, ‘‘to beat 
or strike.” 
Lhdicative Mood—Present Tense. 
EStsbersone. 6.6 I beat Yukka nyuna 
Singular’ ..... 2 2d Se Pere ayer Thou beatest Indyukka nyuna 
3d ie - Sako He beats Gambaua nyuna 
and so on through the dual and plural. 
Past Tense. 
Sinpulariscn an <4 PSE MP SLSON, sac I beat Yukka nyumbina 
Future Tense. 
Sitigulars... <u... TSEMECrsON) |. 6s I will beat Yukka nyumarala 
Imperative Mood. 
Beat, nyumera Beat not, yinna nyumera 
