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sufficient to give an example in the first person of the 

 singular number, in the past and future tenses : 



Past Tense. 



( I beat, indefinite, Bumaidyu 



~. , | I beat this morning, Bumulngurriyedhu 



bmguiar ^ j beat lagt night? Bumulngubbinyedhu 



1st J^er. | j beat aU day ^ Bumulbenadhu 



1 1 beat again, Bumulallidyadhu 



Future Tense. 



(I shall beat, indefinite, Bumulagadhu 

 ~. , I I shall beat in the morning, Bumulngurriagadhu 

 bmguiar , j ghaU beat aR day ^ Bumulbenagadhu 



e * I I shall beat in the evening, Bumulngaiagadhu 

 il shall beat in the night, Bumulngubbiagadhu 



Imperative. 

 Beat, Buma. Beat not, Kurria buma. 



Conditional. 

 Perhaps I shall beat, Yama bumulagadhu. 



Reflexive Mood. 



I am beating myself, Bumadyillingedhu 

 I beat myself all clay, Bumadyillibenadhu 

 I shall beat myself, Bumadyilliagadhu 



Reciprocal Mood. 

 This modification of the verb is applied to those cases 

 where two or many persons reciprocally beat each other, 

 and is consequently limited to the dual and plural : 

 Dual We, excl., are beating each other, Bumullinnalina 

 Plural We, excl., are beating each other, Bumullinnaninna 



Adverbs, 

 Following are a few of the more commonly used adverbs 

 which are generally placed after the verb : Yes, ngaua. 

 No, wongai. Now, dhallun. Yesterday, kumbirrabutthe. 

 To-morrow, kumbirrabutthalagu. To-day, dhallun. Pre- 

 sently (future), dhallumbutthalagu. Just now (past), 

 dhullumbutthe. Some time ago, gumbirranabutthe. Long 

 ago, murradhal. 



