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10. Ab verbs. — Adverbs may be formed from adjectives by 

 means of the suffix "boo" — 



Yer'-ra-kee, bad ; yo6-ra, slow ; 



Yer'-ra-kee-boo, badly; yoo-ra-boo, slowly. 



11. Prepositions. — Prepositions are placed after the nouns they 

 govern. Some are separate words, and others are simply suffixes. 

 Examples of the latter are "oo," which has been previously referred 

 to as forming the ablative, and "gwa" meaning among, also 

 "nurabar" meaning at, and "in-ge-ra" signifying with. 



ExamphVI. — 1. Bee-yar mur'-rook koop'-pal-ee-a-gil-lin goog'-e- 

 roo. 2. Nii-ar gum'-mi ga'-bal-lin nyee-un num'-ba. 3. 

 Nyee-un nur'-ra gub'-bee-rung kut'-ti. 4. Koop'-pal-ee-a 

 ba-ra-nuh yoon'-go goo ar. 5. Wot'-too mur'-ralin dheer'- 

 ra-gwa. 6. Nut'-wa bar-in-ge-ra kut'-ti. 7. Kidn koor'-ee 

 boo-larng' kut'-ti. 8. Wot'-too pur'-rupa wok'ka yal'-lo- 

 wal'lin. 9. DTirn'-dee yar-lo-wal'-lin wit-tuk ba-ra. 10, 

 Ky'-in-dub'-ba yal'-16 wal'-lin wit'-tuk bara. 



Translation — 1. The good father is running to the hut. 2. He 

 is throwing a spear at us. 3. We go from the camp. 4. 

 They will run up to the mountain. 5. The opossum is 

 sitting among the branches. 6. I go with them. 7. The 

 man and woman go together. 8. The opossum is sitting on 

 top of the hut. 9. They are sitting on this side of the 

 creek. 10. They are sitting on the other side of the creek. 



12. Conjunctions. — Conjunctions are "dil'-ling," meaning also, 

 and "ya-ree," meaning or. 



Example VII. — 1. Noo-ka bar'-ee-a bar-ra-kun' gum'-mi dil'-ling- 

 2. JSa'-na wom'-mo koor'-ee ya-ree kidn ya-ree. 



Translation — 1. Give me a boomerang and also a spear. 2. Who 

 is the fatter — the man or the woman ? 



13. The negative is expressed by means of '• goo ran" (not) and 

 the imperative is expressed by adding "yung" or "ni" to the verb. 



Dun'-yee, eat ; Koop'-pal-ee-a, run ; 



Dun'-yee-yung', don't eat ; Koop'-pal-ee'-a-ni, don't run. 



