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(farther still). Nguonigal, that (yonder). Ngunnigal 

 mannha, that far away. Nginnage, that, (is the thing I 

 meant). Nginnillana, this is the very one. Nginyalanga, 

 that (is the one which was acted upon). Ngillu, this (did 

 it). Ngullu, that (did it). Ngunnalabu, that (may be it). 

 Most of these demonstratives can be declined for dual and 

 plural. 



Verbs. 

 Verbs have number, person, tense and mood. There are 

 inclusive and exclusive forms in the first person of the dual 

 and plural. A contraction of the pronoun is added to the 

 root of the verb to show number and person. The follow- 

 ing is a short conj ligation of the principal parts of the 

 aboriginal verb, Bumulli, to strike or beat : 



Indicative Mood — Present Tense. 



( 1st Person I beat, Bumurradhu 



Singular i 2nd ,, Thou beatest, Bumurrandu 

 1 3rd ,, He beats, Bumurralu 



( i ^ p , I We incl., beat, Bumurrali 



j. , j | We excl., beat, Bumurralina 



2nd ,, You beat, Bumurrandubla 



3rd ,, They beat, Bumurralainbula 



f 1 . p } We inch, beat, Bumurrane 

 p, , i J b ' \ We excl., beat, Bumurraninna 



You beat, Bumurrandugal 



They beat, Bumurrawullugal 



I 2nd „ 

 l3sd ,, 



In the past and future tenses of verbs there are variable 

 terminations to indicate that the act described was done 

 in the immediate, recent, or remote past ; or that the act 

 will be performed in the proximate, or more or less distant 

 future; that there was, or shall be, a repetition or con- 

 tinuance of the action, and other modifications of the verbal 

 suffixes. These terminations remain the same for all the 

 persons of the singular, dual and plural, so that it will be 



