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used, a trial is often met with in some of the languages 

 mentioned in the above paragraph. 



Case. — The nominative and accusative are not declined, 

 as wan, a boomerang ; laiur, a woman. 



Causative. — Laiuru bupu dhaka, a woman a child beat. 



Every object over which ownership can be claimed is 



subject to inflexion for number and person: — 



fist Person My boomerang, Wanak 



Singular < 2nd ,, Thy ,, Wanin 



1 3rd ,, His ,, Wanuk 



Dual, 1st Per. { ° ur ' inc1 /' b °° m erang, Waual 



' I Our, excl., ,, Wanallung 



Plural, 1st Per. I °, ur < incl :> boomerang- Wanaugura 



I Our, excl., ,, Wanangandang 



There are also case-endings for the instrumental, dative 



and ablative. 



Adjectives. 



Adjectives follow the qualified noun, and take the same 



declensions. They are compared like the Gunclungurra. 1 



Pronouns. 



Pronouns are inflected for number, person and case, and 



contain two forms in the 'first person of the dual and plural. 



The following examples of the nominative and possessive 



cases, in the singular number, will be sufficient to exhibit 



their inflexion: 



fist Person I, Yetti Mine, Yettiuk 



Singular <^ 2nd ,, Thou, Nginda Thine, Ngindeuk 

 1 3rd „ He, Malu His, Malgung 



Who, winyar? What, nganyu? This, ginya. That, 

 malu. The demonstratives are numerous, and of various 

 forms, frequently taking the place of pronouns of the third 

 person in all the numbers. This accounts for the great 



1 See my " Gundungurra Language/' Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Phila., 

 U.S.A., Vol. xl., pp. 140-148. 



