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the object in the passive becoming the subject in the active voice. 

 The meaning of the sentence : a fish was caught by the woman, 

 is rendered: the woman caught a fish — ngurrunggalla dhun 

 mandha. 



Middle Voice — Indicative Mood. 

 Present Tense. 

 Singular 1st Person I beat myself, Bulmaiilingai 



Dual 1st „ We, inch, beat ourselves, Bulmaiilingulling 

 Plural 1st „ We, inch, beat ourselves, Bulmaiilinyang 



Past Tense. 



Sing. 1st Per. I have beaten myself Bulmaiilyangai 

 Dual 1st „ We, incl., have beaten ourselves, Bulmaiilyangul 



Plural 1st „ We, incl., have beaten ourselves, Bulmaiilyanyang 



Future Tense. 



Sing. 1st Per. I will beat myself Bulmaiilungai 



Dual 1st „ We, incl, will beat ourselves, Bulmaiilungul 



Plural 1st „ We, incl., will beat ourselves, Bulmaiilunyang 



There are forms of the verb for the other persons, but it is 

 thought the foregoing are sufficient to illustrate the rules. 



Imperative Mood. 

 Singular Beat thyself Bulmaiiling 

 Dual Beat yourselves, Bulmaiilingbul 

 Plural Beat yourselves, Bulmaiilinhur 



The negative is, Strike not thyself, Bulmaiilingbing. 



Reciprocal. — There is a reciprocal form of the verb which is of 

 course restricted to the dual and plural, as follows: — 

 We two, incl., beat each other, Bulmullangul 

 We all, incl., beat each other, Bulmullanyang 

 You two beat each other, Bulmullumbui 



You all beat each other Bulmullanhur 



They two beat each other, Bulmullainbula 



They all beat each other, Bulmullaioha 



Modifications of the verb to convey different shades of meaning 

 are very numerous, as will be apparent from the following few 



