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 P a p a i-t a-b a Mulubinb a-ka-ba ; m., close to Newcastle.

Close-at Newcastle-at

Broke n-b ay-tin-to* u a t a n S y d n e y-li e a d s ; Broken-Bay-from see Sydney-heads.

m., at Broken Bay is seen Sydney Heads. AV o n t a-t i n-t o ? n n t i-t i n-t o ; u n t a-t i n-t o ; What-place-from ? this-place-from ; that-place-from. m., at what jjlace ? at this place ; at that place.

8. ON THE ARTICLE.

Minna n kiiri tanan-ba? OT.,howmany men are now coming?

What men approach ?

"Wakal-bo ta noa tana n-b a ; m.^ one man only is coming.

One-self it is he approaches. B u 1 o a r a-b ota bulatananuwa;«?., only the two came.

Two- self it is two approach came.

K 6 1 b i r a n-b o ta bar a nukug; m., only a few women.

Few-self it is they women.

T i b b i n-t o noa tatan; w., the bird eats.

Bird he eats.

Gali-noa tibbin-to pittan; «z., this is the bird wbich drinks.

This-he bird drinks.

Tibbin-to noa unuug; «?., that is a bird.

Bird he there.

Unni-tara tibbin bi bimkulla tetti; OT.,tbese are the birds

These birds thou smotest dead. you killed.

Grintoa-bo ta unnoa kuri; w., thou art the man.

Thou -self it is that man.

Maiya-ko putti-nun tetti koa kauwil kiiri; Snake bite-will dead ut-[ may-be man.

m., the snake wdll bite in order to kill the man. T i r a-k o gikoumb a-k o ; m., with his teetb.

Teeth his- with.

Tetti bon horse-ko witti-ma; «j., tbe horse threw him, Dead him horse violence-made. and killed him.

9. CONJUGATION OF THE NEUTER VERB.

"VVibbi unni kauwal katan; m., this is a high wind.

Wind this great it exists.

Kan wan, kauwal lag unni; on., yes, very powerful.

So it is, great acts this.

Kapirra bag kakilliela, katan; m., I was, I am, hungry.

Hungry I was-being, am.

Gan unti katan? m., who lives here ? Who this-place exists ? Bara-bo unti katan; m., they themselves dwell here.

They-self this-place exist.

meaning is — on account of Broken Bay being the au:ent, you see Sydney Heads. The particle tin, ' from,' ' on account of,' denotes the cause, and to (ko) marks the agency.
 * Note — Here Broken Baj- is spoken of both as the cause and the agent, so that the

t The English expression ' in order that ' is too long to stand under and correspond with ' koa' in the above. I have, therefore, substituted for it, throughout, the Latin 'ut.

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