THE ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF VICTORIA. 83 



Middle Voice — Indicative Mood. 

 Present Tense. 



1st Person I beat myself, Takalangan 



Singular \ 2nd „ Thou beatest thyself, Takalangar 

 3rd „ He beats himself, Takalang 



The inflexion can be continued through all the numbers, 

 persons, tenses and moods. 



Reciprocal. 

 Present Tense. 

 Dual We, incl., beat each other, Takdyerrangungal 



Trial 



Plural ,, ,, 



Takdyerranganguku 

 Takdyerrangangu 



Dual They beat each other, 

 Trial „ „ 

 Plural „ „ 



Takdyerrangbulang 

 Takdyerrangakullik 

 Takdyerrangaty 



The inflexion applies to the second person of the dual, trial 

 and plural, and also to the exclusive form of the first person. 



Adverbs. 

 Yes, ngaie. No, wrekkea. Yesterday, dyalligea. To- 

 morrow, berbo. By and bye, mulluk nyungga. Long ago, 

 mullamea. In the future, mullukmea. Here, gimba. There 

 nyua. There (farther), mainyuk. There (farther still), 

 maiyo. Where is the camp, windyalahr ? Where art thou 

 from, windyangat kurtung ? Whither goest thou, winyan- 

 gingukka ? How many, nyappur ? 



Some adverbs are capable of inflection for person and 

 number, as follows : 



Singular Where art thou ? Windyar 

 Dual Where are you ? Windyawul 

 Trial Where are you ? Windyatkullik 

 Plural Where are you ? Windyaty 



All the persons in each number can be inflected. 



