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These full forms of the pronouns are used chiefly in 

 answer to a question ; for example, "who is there ?" could 

 be replied to, "yurwalluk" (we, dual exclusive). "Whose 

 boomerang is this?" might elicit the answer, "yurwangek" 

 (mine), and so on. In conversation the pronominal suffixes 

 are used with the verbs, nouns, or other parts of speech, 

 as shown in the text of this paper. 



The following are a few examples of the interrogatives : 

 Who is there, winya nyua ? Whom for, winyerra ? Whom 

 from, winyung ? What, nyanyo ? What for, nyanguk? 



Demonstratives are numerous, and usually follow the 

 word qualified. They vary with the position of the object 

 referred to with regard to the speaker, and also with its 

 distance from him, and are often inflected for number and 

 person. Ging, this ; ginyu, that. 



Verbs. 

 Verbs have the same numbers and persons as the pro- 

 nouns, three tenses and three moods. The verb " to be " 

 has a substitute in the word yuma, which is inflected for 

 person and number. If an adjective, adverb, or other suit- 

 able word be taken as a predicate, we get the following 

 illustration : 



1st Person Good am I, Dhalguk yuman 

 2nd ,, Good art thou, Dhalguk yumar 

 3rd ,, Good is he, Dhalguk yuma 

 and so on through all the persons and numbers. Or the 

 inflection can be put on the predicate, as follows : 

 1st Person Here I am, Gimban yuma 



2nd ,, Here thou art, Gimbar yuma 

 3rd „ Here he is, Gimba yuma 



The following is the conj Ligation of the principal elements 

 of the verb taka, " to beat." The present tense is given 

 in full, but it is thought the first persons of the remaining 

 tenses will be sufficient. 



P-July2, 1902. 



