144 R. H. MATHEWS. 



A few examples of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, 

 and adverbs are given below : 



Nouns. 

 The number, gender and case of nouns are so nearly the 

 same as the Yualeai and Kamilaroi that little remains to 

 be said. Mial, a man; thamar, a woman. Miallu mirri 

 bumea, a man a dog beat. Mirrigu dhun, a dog's tail. 



Adjectives. 

 Adjectives are placed after the nouns they qualify and 

 are declined for number and case. Comparison is effected 

 in a manner similar to the Yualeai. 



Pronouns. 

 Pronouns have the singular, dual and plural numbers 

 and are without gender. There is an inclusive and exclu- 

 sive form of the first person of the dual and plural. The 

 singular number of the nominative and possessive pronouns 

 are as under : 



1st Person I, Nguttha Mine, Nger 

 2nd ,, Thou, Nginda Thine, Nginnu 



3rd ,, He, Nhumbo His, Nhumbaga 



Interrogatives — Ngana, who ? Minya, what ? 



Verbs. 

 Verbs have the same numbers as the pronouns. There 

 are modifications of the verb-endings to express recent 

 and more remote periods of past and future time, the same 

 as in the Yualeai and Kamilaroi. One example in each 

 tense is given : 



Present Tense. 

 Singular 1st Person, I am beating, Bumunguttha 



Past Tense. 



~. , (I beat just now, Bumiiguttha 

 lingular I j feeat thig morn j n g ? Bumulganibattha 

 1st Person ( j beat recently? Bumulbyentha 



