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If the intention were to beat more than one, we could say : — 

 Bulmangambulaia, I will beat those two; Bulmangandhunnang, I 

 will beat all those. 



Imperative Mood— Present Tense. 

 Singular 2nd Person Strike thou Bulmara 

 Dual 2nd „ Strike ye Bulmaraual 



Plural 2nd „ Strike ye Bulmaranhur 



The negative form of this tense is as follows: — 

 Singular Strike t'hou not, Bulmambin 

 Dual Strike you not, Bulmambimbul 

 Plural Strike you not, Bulmambinhur 



Future Tense. 



Singular 3rd Person Let him strike Bulmaianda 



Dual 3rd ,, Let them strike Bulmambulai 



Plural 3rd „ Let them strike Bulmanhaia 



Another form of the verb is : — 



Let me strike him, Bulmurrungandha 

 Let us two strike him, Bulmulngul 

 Let us all strike him, Bulmulnyang 



Conditional Mood — Present Tense. 



(1st Person I may strike Bulmaingamurra 



Singulars 2nd ,, Thou mayest strike Bulmaingmurra 



( 3rd ,, He may strike Bulmaimurra 



Past Tense. 



! 1st Person I may have struck Bulmaiangamurra 



2nd ,, Thou mayest have struck, Bulmaiabbimurra 

 3rd ,, He may have struck Bulmaiamurra 



The last two examples are the same as the present and past 

 lenses respectively of the indicative mood, with the addition of 

 murra, The dual and plural numbers are formed in the same 

 manner. Dyua is also used as a suffix, instead of murra, in all 

 the above examples. 



Passive Voice. 



Transitive verbs have no passive voice, but its place is supplied 

 by changing the sentence from the passive to the active form, — 



