THE THURRAWAL LANGUAGE. 



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ganbuloala ngaiawuli ; that is, boomerangs-two mine, or, boomer- 

 angs-several mine, and so on. The reader is also referred to an 

 earlier page for the possessive suffixes to nouns, as, warrangandyen,. 

 my boomerang. 



The pronouns, "for me," etc., in the dative case, are as follows: 



Ngaiagangunthung 



Nyindigangunthung 



Indiwunthung 



Ngulgangunthung 

 Ngunngullingunthung 

 Bilgangunthung 

 Indiwulaliwunthung 



Nyulgangunthung 

 Nyunullingunthung 

 Nyirgangunthung 

 Indalwunthungf 



Singular 



j 1st Person 



'^2nd „ 

 (3rd „ 



For me 

 For thee 

 For him 



Dual 



f 1st Person 



] 2nd „ 

 I 3rd „ 



j For us, inch 

 ( For us, excl. 

 For ye 

 For them 



Plural 



( 1st Person 



2nd „ 

 l 3rd „ 



j For us, inch 

 | For us, excl. 

 For ye 

 For them 



In the ablative case there are the following inflexions in the- 

 pronoun signifying "from me," etc. 



1st Person From me 

 From thee 

 From him 



Singulars 2nd 

 3rd 



Dual 



Plural 



Ngaiagandin 



Nyindigandin 



ISamarandin 



1st Person 



2nd „ 

 3rd „ 



f 1st Person 



J 2nd „ 

 ^3rd „ 



From us, inclusive 

 From us, exclusive 

 From ye 

 From thou 



Ngulgandin 



IS gunngullingdin 



Bilgandin 



Nawulalin 



| From us, inclusive Nyulgandin 



( From us, exclusive Nyunullindin 



For ye Nyirgandin 



For them Nawandalwalin 



There is another form, meaning "with me," etc. 



( ls1 

 [ 2n. 

 (3rd 



and so on through the dual and plural. 



1st Person With me Ngaiagandi 

 Singular^ 2nd ,, With thee Nyindigandi 



With him Namarandi 



Demonstratives. — These are very numerous, and are inflected 

 for number, case and tense. They usually follow the word qualified. 

 We will commence with the nominative : — 



