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 ABORIGINALS: AN ELEMENTAKY GRAMMAR.

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nouns governing verbs in the future, should bo noted. Besides acting as pronouns proper, these personal pronouns nominative are used to express the different forms of the European auxiliary verb "to be" (sect. 8, IS.)

Number.

Person.

a. Present or Past.

b. Puture.

1st.

niZ»-ja = I, I am, or I wivs

mm-yo = I, I shall be

2nd.

lOT-pS = thou, tliou art, m- wast

ing-o =■ thou, thou shalt be

3rd.

noo-i-i =he, it, this, close up in front or

noong-Q-^ — he, it, this, close up in front

at side, is or was

or at side, shall be'

ti

noo-S,-ktl — he, it, this, close up at bade,

moont/oka = he, it, this, close up at back.

19 or was

shall he

S

»ioo-a-(rl) = he, it, that, yonder, is or

noong-o-(&-il) = he, it, that, yonder, shall

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was

be

c'

nS»-i-6 = She, this, close up in front or

n&ng-u-u = she, this, close up in front

Oi

at side, is or was

or at side, shall be

mtn-a-lia = she, this, close up at back, is

nUng-o-'k^ = she, this, close up at back.

or was

shall be

nSn-pa-(rl) = she, that, yonder, is or

«finjf-o-(3-rI) = she, that, yonder, shall

was

be

1st.

nUl-i = we both, are or were

m-SMIng-o = we both, shall be

2nd.

7100-la = you both, are O)' were

noo-lang-o = you both, shall be

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3rd.

poo-li-S = they both, close up in front or

J30o-lang-o-u = they both, close up in

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at side, are or were

front or at side, shall be

O

poo-lS-kS = they both, close up at back.

^oolang-e-ka = they both, close up at

are or were

back, shall be

2)oo-ia-(rI) = they both, yonder, are or

j3oo-]ang-o-(a-rl) =: they both, yonder.

were

shall be

Ist.

nS?i-S = we are or were

jifei-ang-o = we, shall be

2nd.

noo-rS, = you, are or were

»?oo-rctng-o = you, shall be

3rd.

tfin-I-S = they close up in front or at

<itn-itng-o-u = they, close up in front, or

g

side, are or were

at side, shall be

B

iSw-a-kd. — they close up at back, are or

ifin-iSng-o-ka = they, close up at back,

Ph

were

shall be

»)

iiin-a.-(rl) = they yonder are or were

<itn-ang-o-(a-rI) = they, yonder, shall be

The final syllables of certain of the third persons in preceding and succeedino; prononiial tables are placed in parentheses to indicate that they may often ii omitted in quick conversation.

6. Personal Pronouns Objective— Direct Object.

In this series can be recognised traces of the objective case which is -na for the present or past, and -ko for future, tenses (sect. 14).

Number.

Person.

a. Present or Past.

b. Tutare.

Ist.

nUn-y^ = me

nSn-io-ko = me

2nd.

irt'TiS, = thee

i)io-ko = thee

3rd.

Jji-nl-S = him, it, close up in front or at

nd-ko-n = him, it, close up in front o)

at

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side

side

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fe-nS-kS, &c.

no-ko-k«, &o.

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J>i-na-(r

no-ko-a-(rl)

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nfim-ni-6 ^ »ifift-na-k.t nfin-na-{rt)

nUn-ko-a

niin-ko-ka,

nan-k5-a-(rl)

1st.

nUl-Vi-na = us both

j!i!Mr-ko = us both

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2nd.

7ioo-13.-nX, &c.

»oo-lS-ko, &c.

a

3rd.

poo-lS-ni-e

yioo-la-ko-u

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^oo-lS-na-kJt jpoo-lS-na-iiI)

poO'la.-ko-ka, jpoo-lako-a-(rl)

1st.

rifin-a-nS = us all

nan-St-ko = us all

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2nd.

nod-ra-kB, &o.

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3rd.

tUn-^-nl-^

tun-^-ko-a

tare-S-ko-kS

PM

I)

«fi»s-a-na-{rl)

t«ft-a-ko-a-(rI)