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Adjectives, 

 Adjectives follow the nouns which they qualify, and are 

 subject to similar declensions for number and case, examples 

 of which are not considered necessary. 



Comparison is made by positive assertions, as : bamir 

 nginna — bumba ngunnala, this is long — that is short. 



When an adjective is used as a predicate, it can, by 

 adding the necessary suffixes, be converted into a verb, 

 and it then follows all the forms of conjugation of that 

 part of speech. Yuttadhu, I am good ; yuttagedhu, or 

 more euphoniously, yuttadhuge, I was good. Yuttalagadhu, 

 I shall be good, and so on. 



Pronouns. 

 Pronouns have number, person and case, and contain two 

 forms in the first person of the dual and plural, one of 

 which includes the person addressed, and the other excludes 

 him. I was the first author to report, in any of the 

 Australian States, these important grammatical forms. 

 The following is a list of the nominative, possessive and 

 objective pronouns in the singular : 



1st Person I, ngadhu My, ngaddhi Me, dhi 

 2nd ,, Thou, ngindu Mine, nginyu Thee, nu 



3rd ,, He, ngillu His, ngigulu Him, lugu 



There are also variations of the objective case of pro- 

 nouns, meaning 'towards me,' 'away from me,' 'with me,' 

 and so on. 



Interrogatives — Ngandi, who ? Nganngundawa, whom 

 for? Nganguanni, whom belonging to? Widdyuwandu 

 ngulagai, what is the matter with thee? Minya, what? 

 Minyanggo, what for ? Minyunguri, what from ? Min- 

 yunggalmai, how many ? 



Demonstratives — Nginna, this. Nginnilla, there. Ngunna, 

 that. Ngunnala, that, (farther). Ngunnaingulu, that, 



