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home, ngur'-rit mun'-ning-gowfi. I beat thee from here, i.e., from 

 place where speaker is standing, ngur'-rit mun'-ning-gan-yee ngoo- 

 noo-jee. Beat quickly, ngoo-bee bur'-ri. I'll beat you for certain, 

 ngoo-boon-ning-gan-yee gin-nee. 



There is no passive. "I am beaten," translated by "ngod-boo- 

 jin'-ja," which, literally is "beats me." 



There is a verb meaning ' to be,' or Ho become,' of which the 

 present of the indicative has already been given with the verbal 

 pronouns. 



The future is : — I shall be good to-morrow, yad'-dung gur'-rung- 

 ing-nga boo-ran'-doo. Thou shalt be good to-morrow, yad'-dung 

 gur'-ran-jee boo-ran'-doo. He or she shall be good to-morrow, 

 yad'-dung gur'-run-ding boo-ran'-doo. We both shall be good to- 

 morrow, yad'-dung gur'-ruh-ning ngoo-loong boo-ran'-doo. We all 

 shall be good to-morrow, yad'-dung gur'-ruh-ning ngul'-dar boo- 

 ran'-doo. You both shall be good to-morrow, yad'-dung gur'-ruh- 

 ning-boo boo-ran-doo. You all will be good to-morrow, yad'-dung 

 gur'-ruh-ning ngoo boo-ran'-doo. They two will be good to-morrow, 

 yad'-dung gur'-ruh-ning bullar boo-ran'-doo. They all will be good 

 to-morrow, yad'-dung gur'-ruh-ning jil'-long boo-ran'-doo. 



A verb meaning "have," with the sense of possession, is used ; 

 as, mul'-lee-mln'-nga wur'-ran-gin, I have a boomerang. This may 

 also be expressed, wur'-ran-gin mul'-lee-min-nga. " My boomerang" 

 is translated, wur'-ran-gin-nga. 



"The man, while running, cut his leg," is translated, "Bow'- 

 ^wil-ga nin mun'-na-min, ngar'-ree-ong gud'-ba-rin"; lit., man-that 

 running, leg cut." 



After the man ran, he cut his leg, mun'-na-run'-ba mer'-rung, 

 nin bow-wil gud'-ba-ja-ring ngur'-ree-oong ; i.e., ran after, that 

 man cut leg. 



After that man cut his leg, he ran away, gud'-ba-ba-rin'ba nin 

 bow'-wil ngur'-ree-oong, mun'-nun-bil'-lee-ja-ring; i.e., cut that man 

 leg, ran away. 



