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THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA:

To Love.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Present tense.

Woorun yän at I love.
Woorun yän nungäng he loves.
Woorun yän käro wâro they love.

To Go.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Present tense.   Future tense.
Yan gan nat I go.   Thun uni yän gän at I will go.
Yan gan nungäng he goes.   Yan gan gärä he will go.
Yan birtan they go.   Blanga jindan they will go.
Yan gan wert we go.      

Compound present tense.

Plapa nat gara I am going.
Plapän he is going.
Ngändä kindan they are going.

IMPERATIVE.

Plapä go.




Thi alanä jirah thin butha karik.
Eat kangaroo in the scrub.
  Kootopanä kani mul wangä kewita.
One man will go to creek.
Kàna wathat wali, bal ngat melkina.
Give me my spear, will I kill.
  Kootopanä kani mul wangä karika.
One man will go to scrub.
Melkin ngat. or, I have killed him.
Killed I.
  Kootopanä kani mul wangä wäroin.
One man will go to forest.
Jibban wert bal wert thäng.
Roast it all it eat.
  Nundeing mä wango thungundhä.
Meet at the water-hole.
Wango ya il kinedä.
Where plenty fish.
Wudhä mal kanu kärndung bal wert kang keekaling mookä nungia.
If he coo-ee then we will go to him.
Wudhä mal kano wert loorapa merat wräthun kani.
If one of us catch the strange man.
Kana watha wallung Give me a stone.
Uä wallung ma nungo Give him a stone.
Ucanä jinnä yarn I give him some water.
Man yal ucanathä yarn ma ngingo I will not give water to you.
Kana wathä lackie Give me some bread.
Ucanä jinna ngelppur I will give you stick.
Wackä wan wern i-d ngleppur ma ngingo.
We give will not stick to you.
  Dindhä ma mung-gandan.
There is father of mine.
Dindhä ma breth ba ngethäl.
This is hand of mine.
  Thalmä mung-gan dänä.
He is father of mine.
Watbilimba.
Sing you a song.
  Wackä jinanä mung-gan dänä.
This not father of mine.
Wunmanä mungan ma nginalung?.
Where is father of yours?
  Boolooman. Kootopan.
Two. One.
Kana watha lack bal nat thang, mack mremanat.
Give me bread for me to eat, very hungry I.