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Adverbs. 

 The following are a few of the more commonly used 

 adverbs : — Yes, ngawe. No, tlmggail. Today, munnago. 

 Perhaps, wanda. By and bye, bulla. Long ago, warralingo. 

 From yonder, warrabiggidyan. How, yua. Whither, wan- 

 dyinni. Whence, wandyidyin. Soon, yunggo. How many, 

 yuagailuma. What is the matter, minyanggundu. 



Certain adverbs can be inflected for number and person: 



j 1st Person Where am I, Wandyia 

 Singular < 2nd ,, Where art thou, Wandyawili 



( 3rd ,, Where is he, Wandyawanni 



and so on through all the persons, numbers and tenses. 



Conjunctions. 

 The general absence of conjunctions is attributable to 

 the numerous modifications of the verbs and pronouns, by 

 means of which sentences are brought together without 

 the help of connecting words. We sometimes find an 

 intrusive letter or syllable used between words, to prevent 

 hiatus, which serves the purpose of a conjunction. 



Interjections and Exclamations. 

 These parts of speech are not numerous : — Calling atten- 

 tion, yai ! in the singular ; yaiawul ! in the dual ; yaianyu! 

 in the plural. 



Numerals. 

 One, mirdindhal. Two, dyirriba. Three, turungadya. 



8 — The Yota-yota Language. 

 This language is spoken by some small tribes on the 

 Murray River, from Cobram for some distance below Echuca 

 extending into Victoria as far as Shepparton, and into New 

 South Wales to Deniliquin. On the south they are bounded 

 by the Thaguwurru nation, 1 and on the north by the 



1 "The Aboriginal Languages of Victoria/' Journ. Roy. Soc, N. S. 

 Wales, Vol. xxxvi., pp. 71 - 106. 



