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 28 AN AUSTEALIAN LANGUAGE.

DECLENSION OF THE SUBSTANTIVE VERB.

��Kakilliko, ' to be,' ' to exist,' ' to remain.'

��Exam])le of ilie Declension of a Verh in the Present Tense of the Indicative Mood.

Any Tense may be declined in full in a similar manner.

T. 1. Sing. Unnibof bag* ka-tdn, I am here.

„ bi „ Thou art here.

,, noa ,, He is here.

Dual. „ bali* ,, Wetwo (wzcZzis/re) arehere.

,, balinoa ,, y^et\^o {exclusive) Vive\\evQ.

„ bula „ You two are here.

„ buloara „ They two are here.

Flu. „ geen, „ We are here.

,, nura ,, Tou are here.

„ bara „ They are here.

Reciprocal.

Dual. Unnibo hali* ta-kill-an, AVe two are, o?' live, here to- gether.

Plu. „ geen* „ We are, or live, here to-

gether.

plural, as the sense may require; e.g., for the sing., bang, /; b i, fhou; n o a, Jie; b o u n t o a, she; t a, it; n g a 1 i, this (here); n g a 1 a, that (near me); n g a 1 o a, that (near you); for the dual, bali, thou and I; bali noa, he and /; b a 1 i b o u n t o a, she and I; bula, ye two; bulo- ara, they two; for the pht. , n g 6 e n, ur; n li r a, you; bar a, they.
 * Or, such other nominative cases of pronouns of the singular, dual, and

'f Lit., this-self-same-place I am

Indicative Mood.

T. 1. *Bag ka-tan T. 6. *Bag ka-knila-ta

4. „ ka-kiilla 8. „ ka-kiu

5. ,, ka-keuii 9. ,, ka-nuu.

Aorist participle — kan; as, kinta kan bag, ' afraid being I.'

[^Throughout the verb 'to be,' both in this Declarative form and in the Permissive, a predicative advei'b, ' unnibo,' or any other suitable word, may be inserted here in all the tenses. — Ed.]

Pakticiples.

T. 1. Bag ka-killin T. 6. Bag ka-killi-ela-ta

2. „ ka-killi-keuii 7. „ ka-killi-kolag

4. ,, ka-takx 8. ., ka-killi-kiu

T. 9. Bag ka-killi-nuii.'

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