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acted upon in the objective case:— singular, Ngunnungga nham,. 

 who him (struck, threw at, etc.); dual, Ngunnunggawulung^ 

 nawulali, who those, etc.; plural, Ngunnunggadhunnung nawulali- 

 wuli, who those, etc. 



It also varies in the nominative case if the performers be one 

 or more: — singular, Ngunnungga, who (struck, threw at, etc.); 

 dual, Ngunnunggawul who two (struck, threw at, etc.); plural, 

 Ngunnungganhur, who several (struck, threw at, etc.). 



There is a possessive form in each number : — singular, Ngun- 

 nunguli, whose is this ? dual, Ngunnunguliwulali, whose are theso 

 (two) 1 ? plural, Ngunnungulal, whose are these (several)? 



The word can also be conjugated for number and person. An. 



example in the singular will be sufficient : 



C Ngunnungadhan, who me (struck, spoke to, etc.) 

 Singular < Ngunnunganyin, who thee (struck, spoke to, ect.) 

 (^Ngunnunga, who him (struck, spoke to, etc.) 



Ngunnungamurra, who might it be 1 Dative, Ngunnunggun- 

 hung, who for? Ablative, Ngunnundin, who from. Ngunnung 

 warrangandhurra, who has the boomerang? Ngunnunganyin gaia, 

 who thee told? Nominative, Mingang, what is that? Mingangga, 

 what did that? Possessive, Minganguli, what belonging to. 

 Dative, Mingangunhung, what for? Mingarang, how many? 

 Mingang bumbadi, what wantest thou? Winggala, which one? 

 Waianha nuggung, which is good? 



This word can also be conjugated : — Mingangudyen, what for 

 me (struck thou); Mingangubi, what for him (struck thou); Min- 

 gangudbungalin, what for us two (struck thou); Mingangudben- 

 yinnin, what for us several (struck thou); and so on. 



Verbs. 

 Verbs have three numbers, three persons in each number, and 

 three tenses. The moods are the indicative, imperative, and 

 conditional. The verb stem and a pronominal suffix are embodied 

 in one word, which is inflected for number and person. This is- 

 done with each of the tenses, as in the following conjugation of 

 the verb, " to strike or beat." 



