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 36 AN AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.

�� �We {two).

�You (two). With Transitive Verbs.

�Th'y (ttcoj.

�1.

�Gel

�giivl

�kej'gul

�2.

�Agel

�ugurl With Intransitive Verbs.

�egul

�3.

�Gel

�ugurl

�egk

�4.

�Agel

�ugurl

�egk

�5.

�Gel

�gurl

Plural

�kegk

� �We.

�' Ygu. With Transitive Verbs.

�They.

�1.

�Guru

�gun

�kar

�2.

�Ugurn

�UgUll

With Intransitive Verbs.

�;,i

�3.

�Ugurn

�ugune

�ar

�4.

�Aril

�ugune

�ar

�5.

�Gurn

�gun

�kar

��DECLENSION OF A TRANSITIVE VERB.

��*Lak, *to spear.'

��Exam2)le of the Declension of a Transitive Verb in the

Present Tense oj the Indicative Mood.

Any Tense may be declined in full in the same manner.

T. 1. Sing. Gate* yan lakkin I spear him.

Ginte ,, ,, Thou spearest him.

Kile „ ,, He spears him.

Dual. Gel ,, ,, We two spear him.

Gurl „ ,, You two spear him.

Keggul „ „ They two spear him.

Plu. Gurn ,, ,, We spear him.

Gun • ,, ,, You spear him,

Kar ,, ,, They spear him.

[*NoTE. — Yan, 'him,' is for ityau, an accusative form of the pronoun itye, kitye, ' he.' Instead of yan, any pronoun or noun in the accusative case may be used as the direct ol>ject of the transitive verl) ; and to decline the tenses of the Indicative and other Moods, five sets of pronouns are used, as shown aliove ; the particular set which ought to be used with each tense is indicated by the ' superior ' numeral put after the subject in the following paradigm of declension. Also, T. I, 2, 3, &c. indicates the Tenses as shown on the previous page. — Ed.]

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