70 R. H. MATHEWS. 
There are forms of the verb to indicate that the speak- 
ing was done just now, some time since, or long ago; that 
there was a repetition or a continuance of the speaking, 
and many other modifications which will be passed over. 
There is no special form for the passive voice. The 
sentence, ‘‘a man was kicked by an emu,” is expressed in 
Bungandity by the paraphrase, ‘‘an emu kicked a man.” 
ADVERBS, 
Yes, nguh. No, ngan. To-day, kerdu. Yesterday, 
wurdu. To-morrow, déab. Inafew days, déaba. By and 
bye, gidho. Long ago, mangian. Where, na. Where is 
thy camp, na ngulangun. Certain adverbs can be declined 
for number and person. Where art thou, na-ungin. Where 
are you two, na-ungut, and So on. 
Here, nu, There, nuana. Yonder gunnaua. ‘* Here’’ 
and “‘there’’ have the meaning of “this’’ and ‘“‘that,”’ 
with which they are interchangeable. 
PREPOSITIONS. 
In front, kauiyung. Behind, wurdung. Other side, 
mianhung. This side,huanhung. Between, brawol. Up, 
kunmannha. Down, wiyua. Through, bureanha. 
Many prepositions can be inflected for person and number 
thus: Behind me, wurdungan. Behind thee, wurdungin. 
Behind him, wurdungung, and so on through all the numbers. 
INTERJECTIONS. 
Kai! exclamation calling attention. 
NUMERALS. 
One, wandho. Two, bo-aty. Three, boaty-ba-wandho. 
Several, kullaity. 
VOCABULARY OF BUNGANDITY WORDS. 
The following vocabulary contains about 245 of the most 
commonly used words in the Bingandity language, with 
their English equivalents. Every word has been noted 
