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1st 



Person 



2nd 

 3rd 



n 

 11 



1st 



Person 



2nd 

 3rd 



ii 



of the nominative and possessive pronouns are as here 

 tabulated : 



fist Person I, Ngango Mine, Ngini 



Singular <J 2nd „ Thou, Ngunnungo Thine, Nguni 

 1 3rd ,, He, Nha-ungo His, Dinnin 



Dual. 



/ We, inch, Ngalngingo Ours, incl., Ngalungun 

 I We, excl., Ngullungo Ours, excl., Ngullan 

 You, Bullungo Yours, Bullan 



They, Ngamulngo Theirs, Damalinya 



Plural. 



We, inch, Ngundingo Ours, incl., Nguandan 

 We, excl., Ngannango Ours, excl., Ngannan 

 You, Nhoorango Yours, Nhuran 



They, Ngamungo Theirs, Ngamunyin 



The third personal pronoun has various forms, and is 

 often used as an ordinary demonstrative. There are pro- 

 nouns meaning "me," "myself," "towards me," "from 

 me," etc., the same as illustrated by me in dealing with 

 other languages. There are also causative forms of the 

 nominative pronouns which must be passed over for want 

 of space. 



Interrogatives. — Ngani, who (singular). Nganibula, who 

 (dual)? Nganinhura, who (plural)? Nganinguddha, who 

 for? Nganinnat, who from? Nganinarak, who with? 

 Minnhe, what? Minnhetgudcla, what for? Minnhalda, 

 what with ? 



Demonstratives are used in great number and variety, 

 exhibiting niceties of expression in regard to the location 

 of the person or thing spoken of. These demonstratives 

 include the different points of the compass. 



Verbs. 

 Verbs have the same numbers, persons, tenses and moods 

 as those of the Thurrawal language, 1 and although the 



1 "The Thurrawal Gundungurra and Dharruk Languages," Journ. 

 Royal Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. xxxv., pp. 127- 160. 



