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 18 AN AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.

to run'; sometimes it takes the particle liiu l^etween it and the root form or the imperative form ; as, dugbin-ma, 'cause to lie down.' Very often it is attached to a form in -illi ; as, dug- gilli-ma, 'make to cry,' minjilli-ma, ' make to laugh.' Some- times it is attached to two words ; as, bunyarra-ma warrim-ma, ' to make well by doctoring,' and each of these can take all the forms in agreement; as, (yk<wre) bunyarraman war rim man; (j)ost) bunyarramunne warrimmunne.

Gerry, ' wish,' ' like to.'

This was placed amongst the noun-suffixes, because, although it has a verbal meaning, it follows the rules of the noun-suffixes. It also has a place as a verbal-suffix. It never changes its form, and is always the final suffix. It is generally attached to the subjunctive; as, yunai-gerry gai, ' I should like to lie down'; often to the form in -bai; as, yiinbai-gerry gai, 'Ishould like to go on'; and sometimes it is attached to the form in -illi ; as, kunjilli-gerry, 'desire to burn.'

Negation. — Jum, ' without.'

Jura is another of the noun-suffixes, and is used in negative sentences. It is often attached to the imperative form, sometimes to the simple subjunctive form, and sometimes to the subjunctive form in -hai. It is the negative of the })resent. Wanye kun- lela gai means ' I know you'; but wanye kunlejum gai, 'I do not know you,' or ' I am without knowledge of you.' Na is ' look'; naijuni gai or nabaijum gai is 'I do not see.'

Yogum is another negative. It is a word distinct from jum, and its use turns any sentence into a negation. Yogum and jum, when both are used, do not cancel one another; on the contrary, they strengthen the negation. Wana is the negative of the imperative. It means 'leave it alone'; e.g., wana yiin- bai, ' do not go.' It has all the u.sual forms of a verb ; as, gai wanalen, 'I left it alone.' Kingilga, 'that will do,' kingi- lanna, 'go away, numoe, ' stop,' also help to form negations.

Some Idioms in the Minyung Dialect. The following sentences show some of the aboriginal idioms : — 1. Jiest in a placp.

Kukully gai, 'I am here'; mumully we, ' you are there'; kukaibo, 'stay lere'; kokonno, 'it is here'; yilly nyan? ' wdiere is she '; mully nyan, 'she is there'; killy Kibbin, 'there is Kibbin'; webena killy wai, 'the camp is above'; killy juy webena 'the camp is below.'

These sentences illustrate the use of the demonstratives as pre- dicates. We can either say that they are used wdthout the verb

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