150 R. H. MATHEWS, 



Adverbs are compared in a similar way to that used in the 

 comparison of adjectives: — Yuin nhai jimbai — ngurrunggal nhai 

 jimbowuddhumbai, man this thirsty — woman this very thirsty, 

 or, the woman is more thirsty than the man. Bunbari nhai 

 jauaierra, ma yuin nhai irrandaia. Boy this very swift, because 

 man this he overtook, or, this boy is faster than the man, because 

 he overtook him. 



Conjunctions. 



There are very few conjunctions in the language. We often 

 find an erratic syllable, ba, with its euphonic variants ma, ya, etc., 

 interposed between two words to prevent hiatus, and which 

 also serves at times as a conjunction equivalent to "and" or 

 "because." 



Interjections and Exclamations. 



The use of these is limited. Gwak ! is equivalent to "look 

 out." Ngatkaiang means "take care." Yukkai is an exclamation 

 of surprise. Ngang ngang is about equivalent to "is that so." 

 Yai ! is calling attention. Ngaiaruin! you fellows! Ngaiung,. 

 calling to one person. Any vocative can be inflected for number,, 

 according as one, a pair, or several, are called. 



Numerals. 

 Middhung, one; bullar, two. The ordinals are, Middhunga,. 

 once; bullaru, twice. Wawulli, a few. 



After the fourth line on page 134, add the following : — 

 The adjective takes the agent or possessive suffix belonging to 

 the qualified noun; thus: Bunggu gaiandyu guraura gulanya, a 

 squirrel large an opossum killed. Yuinburnungguli mirriganhung,. 

 the big man's dog. 



The dative and ablative cases are expressed in a similar manner,, 

 by their respective suffixes to the adjective. These remarks apply,. 

 mutatis mutandis, to the adjectives in the Gundungurra and 

 Dharruk languages. 



