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 ABOROGINALS: AN ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR, 7

From the personal pronouns possessive, article possessed — a thiag, certain groups of secondary possessives are formed : the thing possessed is now understood to be the particular individual's place of residence or location, while the preposi- tional suffixes -e-na, -e-no, en-ysi (sects. 22, 23) indicate respectively " rest in, motion towards, direction whence." Thus :

nunyati-ena = in, or, at my place, residence, hut, &c.

nuntatiko-eno = towards the hut, &c, belouging-to-the-woman-at-the-

back-of-me. nooranga-enya = from the direction of your cauip, &c.

^Example 4.

1. Bibapooro ingkati. 2. Berdaje nunkatiye. 3. Poolangaka-ena. 4. Nunkatika-ena. 5. Kokooro noolanga. 6. Tunangari-eno. 7. Makowala nokatiye. 8. Mali nunkatiari. 9. Nullinga-enya [pua-ui-a noo-a]. 10. Piouli nokatika.

Translation.

1. Thy boomerang. 2. This woman's dilly-bag. 3. At their [dual] place. 4. At this woman's camp. 5. The yam-stick belonging to you two. 6. Towards the hut, &c., belonging-to-those-people. 7. The spear belouging-to-this-man-close- up-in-front. 8. Yonder-woman's net. 9. [He is running] from the direction-of- our-place- 10. The dog belonging-to-the-man-at-the-back-of-me.

Hx ample 5. 1. Titi mulla. 2. Wungata nunyati-ena. 3. Koopa-koopa ingkati-ena. 4. Koonpara nokatiari. 5. Poolangaye-ena. 6. Bibapooro poolaiieari. 7. Kooroui noolanga. 8. Pooti nunyati. 9. Tarembola nunkatiye. 10. Pooti nunyati-ena.

Translation. 1. Thy brother. 2. A woman (is) at-my-place. 3. (There is) an old man at-your-camp. 4. The shield belonging-to-that-man-yonder. 5. At the camp of- those-two-men-in-tront. 6. The boomerang belonging-to-that-couple-yonder. 7. A hut beI6nging-to-you-both. 8. My fire-wood. 9. The pituri belonging to- this-woman-here-beside-me. 10. (There is) firewood at-thy-place.

JEx ample 6. 1. [Oota-na] ingkati-eno. 2. [Punna-na] nunkatika-enya. 3. Pokara nooranga-ena. 4. Untitiri nokatiye. 5. Berdaje nullinga. G. Kootakapo nunyati-ena. 7. [Kunda-na] tunangari-eno. 8. Koonpara, noolanga-ena. 9. Piouli poolangaka nullinga-eno [oo-ti-a]. 10. Konupa nnnkatika uokatika-ena.

Translation.

I. [Come back] to-thy-place. 2. [Run] from-this-woman's hut, &c. 3. Grass (grows) at-your-residence. 4. A sword belonging-to-this-man. 5. Our dilly-bag. 6. (There is a) white-flower at-my-place. 7. [Uo] to yonder-people's camp, &c. 8. (My) shield (is) at-your-place. 9. The dog belonging-to-the-couple-at-the back-of-me [is returning] to-our-hut, &c. 10. lier necklace (is) at-his-place.

II. Nouns —Nominative.

The nominative denotes the subject, and is usually placed foremost in the sentence. If the subject governs a transitive verb in present or past time, it takes the suffix -16 (sect. 18) : with an intransitive verb, under similar conditions, no addition is made (sect. 18). In future time, with both transitive and intransitive verbs, the subject take the suffix -ng-o.

kana [nung-ki-a] = the man [sits-down].

machoomba-lo [tiche-a] = a kangaroo [eats].

kana [nuugka-ka] = a man [sat-down].

machoomba-lo [tiche-ka] = the kangaroo [was eating].

kana-ngo [nungka] = the man [will sit-down].

machoomba-ngo [tiche] = a kangaroo [will eat].