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Plural 



1st Person 



2nd „ 

 3rd „ 



Ourselves, inclusive Nyulgamirrang 



Ourselves, exclusive Nyunullimirrang 



Yourselves Nyirgamirrang 



Themselves Nowandalmirrang 



Relative Pronouns. — I have not observed any relative pronouns 

 — who, which, etc. — but their signification is obtained by such 

 expressions as the following : Yuin wurriin yengulaia — guggaiiri, 

 the man far walked — he is hungry (the man walked a long way 

 which makes him hungry). Yuiiidhallugayendadha — warrangandya 

 gurrangamadadhan, the man yesterday went [away] — a boomerang 

 stole he from me, that is, the man who went away yesterday stole 

 my boomerang. 



Indefinite Pronouns. — Middhungal, another. Middhungalwulali 

 a couple of others. Middhungalwilligang, several others. Mid- 

 dhungalmirriung, some others. Mirruandalwali, no one. 



The possessive pronouns, where only one object is referred to,. 



are as under: — 



Mine 



Thine 



His 



("1st Person 

 Singular < 2nd „ 

 (3rd „ 



Ngaiawooli 



Nyinduwuli 



Indiwuli 



Dual 



Plural 



1st Person 



2nd „ 

 3rd „ 



1st Person 



2nd 

 3rd 



Ours, inclusive 

 Ours, exclusive 

 Yours 

 Theirs 



Ours, inclusive 

 Ours, exclusive 

 Yours 

 Theirs 



Ngulganguli 

 Ngunngullinguli 

 Bilganguli 

 Indiwulaliwuli 



Nyulganguli 

 Nyunullinguli 

 Nyirganguli 

 Indalwuli 



There are modifications of these possessives where two or more 

 articles are spoken of ; thus, if a native desire to convey that a 

 couple of boomerangs, for example, are his property, he can say, 

 Ngaiawuliwulali. If he claim several, he says, Ngaiawulal; and 

 so on through all the persons and numbers. In other words, the 

 pronoun takes the same inflection for number as the noun to 

 which it refers. Another way of expressing ownership of two or 

 more objects, is to annex the dual or plural suffix to the name of 

 the thing possessed, as, Warranganbulali ngaiawuli, or, Warran- 



