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J We, incl., will beat, Wammanyanbulla 

 ( lst * | We, excl., will beat, Wammanyulabulla 

 Plural { 2nd ,, You will beat, Wammanyubulla 



1 3rd ,, They will beat, Wammandyabulla 



A negative meaning is given by means of an infix, iia, 

 between the verb stem and the abbreviated pronoun : 



Wamma-na-mungga, I beat not, and so on, through all 

 the parts of the verb. 



Imperative. 

 There are affimative and negative forms of the verb : — 

 Singular Beat, Wamma Beat not, Wammanyawi 



Dual Beat, Wammul Beat not, Wammanyawul 



Plural Beat, Wammanyu Beat not, Wammanyanyu 



Conditional. 

 Perhaps I will beat, Wammayabulla-wanda, and so on 

 for the rest of the persons and numbers. 



Reflexive. 

 Present I am beating myself, Wammullimimgga 

 Past I did beat myself, Wammullibagga 

 Future I will beat myself, Wammulliyabulla 



This inflection applies to all parts of the verb. 



Imperative-reflexive. 

 Singular Beat thyself, Wammulli 

 Dual Beat yourselves, Wammullul 

 Plural Beat yourselves, Wammullunya 

 Reciprocal. 

 This form of the verb is of course restricted to the dual 

 and plural : 



Dual. 



We, incl., are beating each other, Wammullidyagunga 

 We, excl., ,, ,, „ Wammullidyagungalu 



Plural. 



We, incl., are beating each other, Wammullidyaganyan 

 We, excl., „ „ „ Wammullidyaganyilla 



