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6. Interrogate ves. — (a) Who 1 ? ngun'-nunga? or ngun'-nun-gow'-a. 

 Ngun'-nun-nga yer'-ro-bin'-ya war'-ree? who goes far? i.e., who is 

 going away? Ngun'-nin-ga thin-ba'-lee-min? who is eating? 



(6) Possessive. — Ngun'-na-gan'-ngoo-ba, whose ? Ngun'-na- 

 gangoo-ba goon'-jee-oong nin? whom-belonging-to house that? 



(c) Ablative. — Ngun'-nin-ga ngoo'-rij-jee-ba mung'-a-rin'-jee-ba 

 nin gan-bee ? whom-f rom gottest-thou that wood ? 



(d) What, min'-ya-ba. Min'-ya-ba yoon'-ga-ba -lee-min ? what 

 singing? Min'-ya-ba mun-na-ga-lee-min jee? what bringest thou? 

 Min'yaba seems to be indeclinable. 



VI. Adverbs. — These do not differ from the corresponding 

 adjectives. 1. Quantity and size. Much, many, goo-roong. Not 

 much, few, goo-roong mo6-goo. Goo-roong'-a mull'-ee-min'-jee? 

 much hast got thou ? 



Sometimes gud'-ba means much, or very, and has then nothing 

 of its original meaning, bad. Bug'-ga-ra-bang gud'-ba, very big. 



2. Time. Day-time, dur'-ra-wung. Night-time, bur-ri'-oo-loo. 

 Sun-rise, win'-yoo-a boong'-ba-min; lit., sun rises. Mid-day, win'- 

 yoo boong'-ba-rin; lit., sun has risen. Sunset, beet gon'-ya win- 

 yoo; lit., goes down sun. Mun'-na-ga-nin'-ga will'-in win'-yoo 

 boong-ba-nig, will run I back sun will sink, or, I shall return at 

 sunset. When, wun'-da, wun'-din. Now, to-day, yang'-oo. To- 

 morrow, boo'-ran'-doo. Every day, always, bod-loo ; bow'-wil nin 

 weem'-ba-lee-jin boo-loo, man-that drinks always, or that fellow is 

 always drinking. By-and-bye, later on, gow-gow. Before, in the 

 passage, "I'll eat before I drink," the construction must be, "I'll 

 eat first; I'll drink after." "Thin'-bul-lin-in-ga; weem'-ba-lee-jan- 

 nee-nga." 



3. Place. Here, ngoo-nin. Mun'-na-gi ngoo-nin ben'-gul war'- 

 eea, come up here to the back of me. Yonder, wur'-ra-nan-dee ; 

 yer'-ra-bee wur'-ra-nan-dee, go over there (yonder). Where, where 

 to, wun'-dee-nee ; wun'-dung ngo6-roo ba ? whereabouts is it? A 

 long way off, war'-ree. In the neighbourhood of, close to, ngoon- 

 •ee-na muthurh (muth'urh, close). 



