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Emphatic personal pronouns are: 



f 1st Person Myself Mittiinbaldya 

 Singular < 2nd „ Thyself Mittimbalnyi 

 ( 3rd ,, Himself Mittimbalgung 



The three last examples can be continued through the dual and 

 plural. 



Some of the interrogatives are: — Nominative — Unnaga, who*? 

 Unnagawula, who (two) 1 ? Unnagamulan, who (several)? Possessive 

 — Unnagangu, whose (is this) 1 ? Ablative — Unnagangureji, who 

 from 1 ? The word can be inflected for number and person : — 

 Unnagajiba, who art thou 1 ? Unnagaiau, who are you (two)? Unna- 

 gamillanhu, who are those (several)? Nominative — Minya, what? 

 Minyamanja, what's the matter? Dative — Minyanniba, what for? 

 Ablative — Minyangura, what with ? 



The following are a few of the demonstratives: — Nominative — 

 Nyin, this ; Dhanu, that ; Nidyula, those two. Possessive — 

 Nyingulangul, belonging to this ; Dhanugulangu, belonging to 

 that ; Waranalangu, belonging to you ; Nidyulangu, belonging to 

 those two. Ablative — Nyingulangura, with this ; Nguna, here ; 

 Ngununggula, belonging to here. 



There are no well defined relative pronouns — the sense of the 

 relative being obtained as already illustrated in the Thurrawal. 



Verbs. — Verbs have the same numbers, persons, tenses and 

 moods as those of the Thurrawal language , and although the 

 suffixed particles differ, they are dealt with in a similar manner, 

 as represented in the following table of the conjugation of the 

 verb "to sit." 



The verbal terminations vary to show that the act has only just 

 been done, that it happened some little time ago, that there was 

 a continuance in its performance, and so on. If a native say, " T 

 threw (a boomerang, for example), he may use any of the follow- 

 ing forms of the verb, according to what he wishes to express : 

 Yerrimuingga, yerribalimuingga, yerriringga, yerribaliringga, etc., 

 all meaning "I threw." 



