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VII. Conjunctions. — Too, also, boonn. Yet, yang'-oo (also 

 now, an adverb). Only, oo-loo. Then, yan-bee (also an adverb). 

 And, oo. 



VIII. Interjections and phrases. — Hark ! hah ! Woe, alas ! 

 ngi ! (if in pain). Indeed, it is true ! thoo-ree gin'-nee, (my word ! 

 it is true!) I am sorry, nar'-ral-a-min-ya. Oh! ma (sign of 

 vocative). Thank you, yad'-dung jee (good thou). Yes, ngee, 

 No, gur'-rang-ung. 



Gur'-ang-ung is sufficiently like Gundungurra to rouse enquiries 

 as to whether Gundungurra means the place of gurrangung, i.e. y 

 no, but our enquiries elicited nothing as to that point. 



IX. Verbs. — To beat (Transitive). The sign of the infinitive 

 mood is clear ; it is pronounced indifferently ee-ree, or a-ree. 



To beat, ngoo-bee-ree. — Indicative mood, present tense. 



I beat, ngo6-boo-rin-ga 



Thou beatest, ngoo-boo-rin-jee 



He beats, ngo6-boo-jin 



We two beat, ngoo-boo-ring-oo-loong 



We all beat, ngoo-boo-ring-ya-la 



You two beat, ngoo-boo-ring-bo6 



You all beat, ngoo-boo-rin-goo-la-na 



They two beat, ngoo-boo-rin-bul-la 



They all beat, ngoo-boo rin jum'-ma-gan'-da. 

 Negative : contains moo-ga, equal moo- goo, not, after the root 

 of the verb. 



I beat not, ngoo-boo-moo-ga-jin-ga 



We two beat not, ngoo-boo-moo-ga-jin ngoo-lung 



We all beat not, ngoo-boo-moo-ga-jin ngul-la. 



Perfect tense. — I have beaten a man this morning, ngo6-boo- 

 ring-nga' bow'-wil-ngoon thur'-ra-wang'-ga. We two have beaten 

 a man this morning, ngoo-boo-ring'-a-o6-loong thur'-ra-wan'-ga 

 bow'-wil-ngoon. 



The negative perfect is formed like the perfect except that mo6-ga 

 follows the root ngoo-boo. 



