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1st Per I We ' inc1 *' were sittin &' Ngullambangul 



| 1 We, excl.,were sitting, Ngullambangun 

 Dual < 2nd „ You were sitting, Ngullambuddhul 

 ( 3rd ,, Tliey were sitting, Ngullambaibullain 



Future Tense. 

 1st Person I will sit, Ngullambunnhan 



Singular < 2nd ,, Thou wilt sit, Ngullambunnher 

 ( 3rd ,, He will sit, Ngullambiin 



Imperative Mood. 

 Singular Sit, Ngullambi 

 Dual Sit, Ngullambibul 

 Trial Sit, Ngullambinabaiap 

 Plural Sit, Ngullambinat 



Conditional Mood. 

 Singular Perhaps I will sit, Mella ngullambunnhan 

 and so on for the remaining persons and numbers. 



The negative is expressed by the word ngaiabinhu, thus, 

 Ngaiabinhu ngullabuddhan, I sat not. 



A sort of substitute for the verb "to be" is found in gaian. 



By taking any suitable word as a predicate we get the 



following : 



j 1st Person Here am I, Magalu gaianik 



Singular 2nd ,, Here art thou, Magalu gaianin 



( 3rd ,, Here is he, Magalu gaianyo 



and this can be inflected through all the persons and num- 

 bers. Another form for "I" or "I am," etc., is: 



* 1st Person Myself, Murrumbik 

 Singular 2nd ,, Thyself, Murrumbinher 

 ' 3rd ,, Himself, Murrumunya 



Numerals. — Kanbi, one; bendy ero, two. 



The Brabirrawulung Language. 

 The Brabirrawulung tribe occupied the territory from 

 the Mitchell River to the Tambo, including the watersheds 

 of these rivers and their tributaries, with the exception of 



