LANGUAGES OF SOME NATIVE TRIBES. 153 



Prepositions. 

 Ngunagangura, behind. Willidya, in front. Waiangadha, 

 around. Mugama, inside. 



Some prepositions, like the nouns and adverbs, admit of 

 inflexion for number and person, by affixing an abbreviated 

 form of the pronoun : 



1st Person My left (left of me) Miradhi 

 2nd „ Thy left Miranu 



3rd „ His left Miralugu 



All the persons in each number can be inflected. 



Exclamations. 

 Wai ! take care ! Yah! calling attention. Chuh! silence. 

 Any vocative can be inflected for number. 



Numerals. 

 One, mukku. Two, bulagar. Several, bunggo. 



As the Wiradhuri and Wongaibon are dialects of the 

 same language, it will be interesting to introduce here a 

 portion of the conjugation of the Wiradhuri verb buma, beat. 

 A contracted form of the pronoun is suffixed to the root of 

 the verb to show number and person. The present tense is 

 given in full, but the first person of the singular will be 

 sufficient to illustrate the past and future tenses. 



Indicative Mood — Present Tense. 



( 1st Person I beat, Bumarradhu 



Singular < 2nd „ Thou beat est, Bumarrawindu 

 (.3rd ,, He beats, Bumarralula 



1st Per i ^ e ' mc *-> b eat » Bumarrali 



[ * ( We, excl., beat, Bumarraliguna 



Dual -| 2nd „ You beat, Bumarrandubla 



( 3rd „ They beat, Bumarragwainbula 



1st Per i ^ e ' mc *-' beat, Bumarrane 



i * I We, excl., beat, Bumarraneguna 



Plural | 2nd „ You beat, Bumarrandugir 



( 3rd „ They beat, Bumarragwainbulella 



