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Another form of the future is as follows : — 



( 1st Person I will be good, Nuggungabambinaiungai 

 Singular-^ 2nd „ Thou wilt be good, Nuggungabarnbinaiin 



( 3rd ,, He will be good, Nuggungabambinaiang 



It is thought unnecessary to give the duals and plurals of the 

 three last examples, which are formed in a similar way. 



Imperative Mood — Present Tense. 



Singular 1st Person Be thou good, Nuggungung 

 Dual 2nd ,, Be ye good, Nuggungumbul 



Plural 2nd ,, Be ye good, Nuggungunhur 



Future Tense. 



Singular 3rd Person Let him be good, Nuggungwianda 

 Dual 3rd ,, Let them be good, Nuggungwiumbulaia 



Plural 3rd ,, Let them be good, Nuggungwiunhaia 



Conditional Mood — Present Tense. 



j 1st Person I may be good, Nuggungamurra 



Singular < 2nd ,, Thou mayst be good, Nuggumbimurra 



( 3rd ,, He may be good, Nuggumurra 



Past Tense. 



( 1st Per. Perhaps I was good, Nuggungamurra-bambeh 



Sing. 1 2nd ,, Perhaps thou wast good, Nuggumbimurra-bambeh 

 ( 3rd ,, Perhaps he was good, Nuggumurra-bambeh 



It will be seen that in these two examples the words are the 

 same as in the present and past tenses respectively of the indicative 

 mood, with the addition of murra. The reader can easily prepare 

 a table showing the duals and plurals for himself. Dyua could 

 be used instead of murra. The negative is expressed by placing 

 the word ngambana before the adjective, as, Ngambana nuggungai,. 

 not good am I. 



The following is a set of suffixes which are often used with 

 adjectives and some intransitive verbs when referring to personal 

 qualities or attributes. They appear to add the meaning of 

 "really," or "quite," as, Nuggung-gaiingai, good I really am, or I 

 am quite well. Gumbul-gaiingul, we (dual incl.) are quite strong. 

 Nungaiangai, I slept very well, and so on. The attached table 

 contains the suffixes only. 



