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caught. Babannunnu bubup tyilbai, the mother the child 

 beat. 



Possessive. — The proprietor and the property each take 

 a suffix, as, Kulindyal wangimu, a man's boomerang. 

 Bedyural gannanyu, a woman's yamstick. 



The article possessed can be inflected for person and 

 number, as in the Tyattyalla. 



( 1st Person My boomerang, Wangimik 



Singular I 2nd „ Thy boomerang, Wangimin 



( 3rd ,, His boomerang, Wangimo 



1st Person I ° ur ' incL ' Doomeran g> Wangimngal 



i{ Our, excl., boomerang, Wangimngun 

 2nd „ Your boomerang, Wangimbul 



. 3rd ,, . Their boomerang, Wangimballain 



Person. 1 rial. 



1 . ( Our, inch, boomerang, Wangimngun yinbaiap 



( Our, excl., boomerang, Wangimngunyinubaiap 



2nd Your boomerang, Wangimngutbaiap 



3rd Their boomerang. Wangimdhanbaiap 



Plural. 1 



1st Person I ° ul% incL ' Doomeran g> Wangimngunyin 



I Our, excl., boomerang, Wangimngunyinu 

 2nd ,, Your boomerang, Wangimngut 



3rd „ Their boomerang, Wangimdhan 



Accusative. — This is the same as the nominative-simple. 

 Instrumental. — When an instrument is the remote object 

 of the verb, a suffix is applied to it, as, Waiadhan munyi 

 wangimdya, struck I him with a boomerang. 



Dative. — Yilamdlia, to a camp. Ablative. — Yilamu, from 

 a camp. 



Adjectives. 

 Adjectives are inflected for number and case like the 

 nouns. Kulin dhangula, a man large. Kulindya dhangula 

 marum tyilbai, a big man struck a kangaroo. Kulindyal 

 dhangulal yirranginu, a big man's dog. 



