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Yad'-dung nga, good I ; goo-lan'-jee gud'-ba, thou bad, or I am 

 better than thou. Boo-bal nin gud'-ba ; mul'-lung-ul yad'-dung, 

 that boy bad ; girl good ; or the boy is worse than the girl. Yad'- 

 dung-bil is used for better ; bil means self, and serves to intensify. 



(b) Superlative. — Ngee'-ran ba'-rij-jee nin boo-bal gud'-ba, 

 among whole lot that boy bad; or, that boy is the worst of the 

 crowd. Wa-goo-lin nin bo6-ra-bo6-ra ngee-ran bar-rij-jee, that 

 crow black whole lot among. 



Adjectives denoting want are expressed by affixing the negative 

 moo-goo ; as, yad'-dung moo-goo, worthless, no good. 



Denoting resemblance, 'like,' go-ba-ba. Gun'-bee go-ba'ba, fire- 

 like, like fire. Wur-ran'-ga-ba, that's something like a light over 

 there. Mur'-rin bul'-lan-ngoon good'-thar-a-ba'-ba, that woman is 

 just like a child. (Mur'-rin means any black person). 



Colour adjectives. Very few of these. — Boo-ra-boo-ra, black; 

 day'-ga-roo-ga-rack, white ; thir'-rim-thir'-rim, red ; goo-burh, 

 yellow. 



2. Demonstrative. — An equivalent for the is nin, that, which 

 is much used. Bul'-lan nin; that woman. Which, ngun'-ning-ga 

 bul'-lan thln-ba'-lee-min 1 which woman is eating 1 



3. Numerals are indeclinable. — Med'-dung, one ; bul-la-la, two; 

 bul-la-med'-dung, three; jum'-ma-gun'-da, a large number; darh'- 

 gang, the whole crowd. There are no ordinals. 



Y. Pronouns. 1. Personal pronouns, in answer to a question, are: 

 Mit'-ta-bal'-ja, I, or I myself. Is very strong, meaning, " I alone." 

 Goo-lan'-jee, thou. Jum'-ma-gung, he, or she. Goo-lang'-a-la, we. 

 Goo-lan'-oo, you. Jum'-ma-gun'-da, they. 



Verbal pronouns are nearly always placed after their predicate. 

 If the predicates be adjectives, there is no copula in the present 

 tense. Yad'-dung nga, good I (at present), I am good. Yad'- 

 dung-jee, thou art good. Yad'-dung ab'-oo-la, he is good. Yad'- 

 dung oo-lung, we both are good. Yad'-dung ngil'-la, we all are 

 good. Yad'-dung boo, you both are good. Yad'-dung ngoo, you 



