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4. Examples of the dative case are : Juggarnafi Bunnabiu 

 dhundya ngainiaia, the boy Bunnabi to fish carried. Ngurawulaliu 

 yendingulling, camps two to go we (dual excl.) or, we two go to 

 different camps. Warrangan babamurrawulingun, a boomerang 

 to thy father belongs. Mundubang yuifigunhung, a tomahawk 

 for the man. Babamurrungun nyilli binding, to thy father this 

 give- 

 Frequently the dative case is contained in the verb, as, man- 



madhan, caught for me; bindadhan, gave to me. In other 

 instances the dative is expressed in the pronoun, as Ngaiagan- 

 gunhung, for me. (See Pronouns). 



5. The following are a few specimens of the ablative case : — 

 JSgurrungalla buddaiin nadyungo ngaimilai, the woman from the 

 hole water carries. Jaulaidhangu ngurain, he runs from the camp* 

 Yuindyu Bunnabi-in dhundya ngaimilai, a man from Bunnabi fish 

 carries. Yuifi nyilli warrangandya gungalendin jindama, man 

 this a boomerang from myrtle makes. — Gungalen is the myrtle tree. 



The ablative is sometimes expressed by a form of the verb, as, 

 bundaiadhan, took from me. The sense of the ablative is often 

 obtained by means of the accusative case, thus, instead of saying, 

 "The man was bitten by a snake," a native says, a snake bit the 

 man. The ablative can also be indicated by a pronoun, as, 

 Ngaiagandin, from me; ngaiagandi, with me. 



The following are a few miscellaneous examples in different 

 cases, which are placed together because they are all of one 

 character : — Gujagadyen, child my. Babandyang, father my. 

 Gujagangunandyen, for my child. Babanduggunhung, for my 

 father. Gujagandidyen, with my child. Babandindidyen, with 

 my father. 



Adjectives. 

 Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and take the same 

 inflexions for number and case : 



A large squirrel, Bunggu gaian (squirrel large) 



A couple of large squirrels, Bunggulali gaianbulali 

 Several large squirrels, Bungguloala gaianbuloala. 



