LANGUAGES OF SOME NATIVE TRIBES. 



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examples, is the same in the nominative as in the genitive,' 

 but any ambiguity which might arise from this cause is 

 obviated by the differences in the suffixes to ure. 



Dative. — Dhainhaia urea burula, come to the man large. 



Ablative. — Nhaia uredyi buruli, go away from the large 

 man. 



Adjectives are compared by saying, Gubba nha — guggil 

 murra, good this — bad that. 



Pronouns. 

 Pronouns are inflected for number, person and case, and 

 contain two forms of the first person of the dual and plural. 



Singular. 



Nominative. 



1st Person Ngaia 

 2nd ,, Nginda 

 3rd „ Ngu 



1st Person |SJ yu 



2nd 

 3rd 



Ngindale 

 Yuwari 



Possessive. 



Ngai-i 



Nginnu 



Ngungu 



Dual. 



Ngullingu 

 Ngnllingubla 

 Nginalengu 

 Yuwaringu 



Objective. 



Ngunna 



Nginnunna 



Nha 



Ngullinya 

 Nungullinya 

 Nginalinya 

 Bulanga 



Ngeanengu 

 Ngeninyella 

 Nginaingu 

 Gunnungu 



Nganninno 

 Nganigunnunga 

 Nginnanya 

 Gunnunga 



Plural. 



* p ™ 1 &« 



2nd ,, Ngindeyu 



3rd ,, Gunnugu 



The full forms of the pronouns given in the above table 

 are chiefly used in response to interrogations, as for example 

 "Who is here?" and some one answers "Ngaia." "Whose 

 boomerang is this?" may elicit the reply "Ngai-i." Again, 

 the question, "Whom did the kangaroo tear?" might be 

 answered, "Ngunna." In ordinary conversation pro- 

 nominal suffixes are employed. 



Interrogative Pronouns. — Who (singular) ngana ? Who 

 (dual), ngananumma? Who (plural), ngangananumma ? 



