162 R. H. MATHEWS. 



The possessive case is represented by a suffix to the name 

 of the property as well as to that of the owner. Baiilla 

 mirrigangwa, a man's dog. Mirriga wingalangwa, a dog's 

 puppies. Anything over which possession can be exercised 

 is subject to inflexion for number and person : 



( 1st Person My camp (camp my) Badhaldya 

 Singular i 2nd „ Thy camp Badhalnyi 



( 3rd ,, His camp Badhalwa 



and so on through the dual and plural numbers. 



Instrumental. — Wannungala yerrabandya warrangandu, 

 who threw at me a boomerang. The accusative is the 

 same as the nominative. Dative. — Ngurani, to a camp. 

 Ablative. — Nguradyan, from a camp. 



Adjectives. 



Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and take the 

 same declensions for number and case. They are com- 

 pared as under: Jummaga nyan — dhauat nyanya, good this, 

 bad that. Jummagumma nyanya, this is very good. 



When an adjective is used as a predicate, it can, by 

 applying the proper postfixes, be converted into a verb, as 

 in the word mimdur, strong : 



i' 1st Per. I am strong, Mundur-gaiamungga 

 Singular < 2nd „ Thou art strong, Mundur-gaiadyamung 

 (3rd ,, He is strong, Mundur-gaiadyama 



This inflexion extends to all the persons of the dual and 

 plural, and to the past and future tenses. 



Pronouns. 

 There is a distinctive form of the first person of the dual 

 and plural, according as the individual spoken to is included 

 or excluded : 



fist Person I, Ngaialu 



Singular ] 2nd „ Thou, Indigal 



(3rd „ He, Waralu 



