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There are two pronouns for the first person of the dual, 

 and also two for the plural, one of which is used when the 

 person addressed is included with the speaker, and the other 

 when the person addressed is excluded. 



Interrogatives. — Nganincle, who? Ngandoanggo, who 

 (did it). Nanma, what? 



Adjectives. 



Adjectives are declined for number and case, and are 

 placed after the qualified noun. 



Verbs. 



Verbs have the same numbers, persons, tenses and moods 

 as those of the Thurrawal language, reported by me last 

 year. 1 The following are examples in the present tense of 

 the indicative mood, of the verb "to sit," and the verb 





1st Person I sit, Bunnunganaty 



Singular <j 2nd ,, Thou sittest, Bunnunganin 

 ( 3rd „ He sits, Bunnunganung 



( 1st Person I see, Dhakanadha 



Singular < 2nd „ Thou seest, Dhakaninna 

 ( 3rd „ He sees, Dhakanunggo 



In the first person of the dual and plural, there is a vari- 

 ation in the suffix of the verb, indicating the inclusion or 

 exclusion of the party spoken to. 



Adverbs. 

 Yes, nga. No, ngalko. Tyilli, to-day. Mulgotbilla, this 

 evening. Yesterday, mulbokang. Brundhu, to-morrow. 

 Mulbitthunga, long ago. Tyillaiu, by and bye. Gunno, 

 perhaps. 



Wunman, where (singular). Wunmandu, where (dual). 

 "Wunman ngurdiirna, where (plural). Wulgunggo, which 

 way? Wulngin, how? 



1 "The Thurrawal Language," — Journ. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 

 xxxv., pp. 127 - 160. 



