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An example of Conjugation Present Tense Singular
1 | Ngaddu bumarra, | I beat |
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2 | Ngindu bumarra | Thou beatest |
3 | Guiu bumarra, | He, She beats |
Ngalli bumarra, | We two beat |
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Ngalligu bumarra, | He and I beat |
1 | Nganni bumarra | We beat |
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2 | Ngaindugir bumarra | You beat |
3 | Guangulia bumarra | They beat |
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Imperfect Ngaddu bumae. I did beat Perfect Ngaddu bumalguin, I have beaten Pluperfect Ngaddu [indecipherable]. I had beaten Future Ngaddu bumalgirri. I shall beat Perfect Tense Ngaddu bumalgirri. I shall have beaten Indefinite Future (distant) Ngaddu (nari) bumalngarrigirri (I shall or will beat sometime or other) The past of yesterday Ngaddu bumalgurranni I did beat yesterday
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The Past of this morning Ngaddu bumalugarriu, I did beat this woman The Future of tomorrow Ngaddu bumalngarrianagirri. I shall beat to -morrow Infinitive Bumalli. To beat Imperative Singr. 1 Bumallidga. Let me beat 2 Bumalla (XBuma) Beat thou 3 Bumallaguin burri Let him beat Note The verbs ending in ana & ama differ in the person from these Dual Ngalli bumalli. Let us two beat Gullangalligunna bumalli Let him and me beat X This abbreviated form is often used
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Plural
1 | Bumalli ngalli | Let us beat |
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2 | Ngindugir bumalla (buma) | Beat You |
3 | Bumalla guaingulia barri. | Let them beat |
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The forms which supply our Participles are classed with the modifications of the Verb, [words crossed out] The [indecpherable] Subjunctive is formed with Mallang. the Ablative with bau There are no Subjunctive or Potentialforms, properly speaking; Sentences of that description are expressed by a kind of auxilliary as Yarra, or Mallang. the [word crossed out] latter does not seem to be a verb but a mere subjunctive participle or by the future tense, with the Conditional Conjuntion. "Yandi" attached [words crossed out] [words crossed out] Yandudu dalgirri If I should eat Ngaddugarra dalgirri, I can or would eat Ngaddu mallang dae, I would or should eat. or have eaten. Yandundu mallangdae, If you did or would eat