LANGUAGE.
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| Singular. | Plural. | |||
| Future tense. | ||||
| Goongeenon maleck | I shall love. | Goongengnangnon maleck | We shall love. | |
| Goongeengon maloock | Thou shalt love. | Goongeengnott maloock | You shall love. | |
| Goongengo maloock | He shall love. | Goongeengnott maloock | They shall love. | |
| Future perfect tense. | ||||
| Goongeengnanon mala | I shall have loved. | Goongeenango malano | We shall love. | |
| Goongeengnona mala | Thou wilt have loved. | Goongeenang malano | You shall have loved. | |
| Goongeengnonan mala | He will have loved. | Goongenango malano | They shall have loved. | |
| POTENTIAL MOOD. | ||||
| Present tense. | ||||
| Goonganeeget | May I love. | Goongareegett | May we love. | |
| Goongareeget | Mayst thou love. | Goongateegett | May you love. | |
| Goongangeeget | May he love. | Goongatyeegett | May they love. | |
| Past tense. | ||||
| Not to be found out; likely not to exist. | ||||
| Perfect tense. | ||||
| Goonganeget mala | May I have loved. | Goongareegett malan | May we have loved. | |
| Goongareeget mala | Mayst thou have loved. | Goongateegett malan | May you have loved. | |
| Goongangeeget mala | May he have loved. | Goongatyeegett malan | May they have loved. | |
| No Pluperfect tense. | ||||
| SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. | ||||
| Present tense. | ||||
| Gattoongnoong goonget | If I love. | Gattoonganoroong goonget | If we love. | |
| Gattoonga goonget | If thou love. | Gattoongatoong googet | If you love. | |
| Gattoongoroong goongett | Ifhe love. | Gattoongaroong googett | If they love. | |
| IMPERATIVE MOOD. | ||||
| Goongack! | Goongack! | |||
Sentences in English and Aboriginal.
| A kangaroo is feeding in the scrub | Miyoock goray dyickeling ganya patta galk. There kangaroo is feeding thick one scrub. |
| Get me my spear and I will kill him | Manacke tyarrameck bovann. Hand me here my spear him kill I will. |
| I have killed him | Boyeenann. Killed him I have. |
| Let us roast him | Bovango ba towango. Let us roast him and eat him. |
| One of us go down to the creek | Kiup bangoroock yarrowa parrall. One of us go down to the creek. |
| One of us will go into the scrub | Kiup bangoroock yarrowa ganya patta galk. One of us go into (down) thick one scrub. |
| One of us go into the forest (number of large trees) |
Kiup bangoroock yarrowa goroong goroong ngatta galk. One of us go into large large high scrub. |
| We will meet at the big water-hole, where the fish are plentiful | Weeyonbing yango maago goroongo yaram, Meet we will at large water-hole, |
| yannoong gettyowelly werringal. where are plenty fishes. |
