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28 AN AUSTRALIAN LLVGUAGE.
DECLENSION OF THE SUBSTANTIVE VERB.
Kakilliko, ' to be,' ' to exist,' ' to remain.'
Exantple of the Dec7ension of n 7e7krb in the Pvesent Tense of the
Indicatiue Mood.
Any Tense may be declined in full in a similar manner.
I! 1. Sing. Unnibot bag* ka-tBn, I am here.
,, bi ,, Thou art here.
,, noa ,, He is here.
Dual. ,, bali* ,, We two (i7zclusice) arehere.
,, balinoa ,, Wetwo (exclzfsice) arehere.
,, bula ,, You two are here.
,, buloara ,, They two are here.
Plu. ,, &en9 ,, We are here.
,, nura ,, you are here.
,, bars ,, They are here.
Reciprocal.
Bunl. Un~ibo ball* ka-kill-Liu, We two are, or live, here together.
Pl26. ,, gken* ,, We are, or live, here together.
*Or, such other iiomillatix-e cases of pronouns of the siiigular, clnal, and
plural, as the sense may require ; e.g., for the sing., bang, I; 1.,& tl~ozc ;
n o a, ke ; b o n n t o a, .>he ; t% if ; 11 g a 1 i, this (here) ; n g a 1 a, that (near
me7; n g a 1 o a, fllnt (near yon) ; for the clzml, b a 1 i, tl~oz~ nncl I ; b a 1 i
noa, hea72d I; bali hountoa, she alad I; hula, ye two; buloa
r a, they two ; for the plu., 11 g B e n, wr ; n 6 r a, yoz~ ; bar a, they.
f- Lit., this-self-same-place I am
INDICATITE MOOD.
F. 1. *Bag ka-tBn
4. ,, ka-kulla
5. ,, ka-k6-iul
2'. 6. *Bag lia-lrulla-ta
8. ,, ka-kin
9. ,, ka-niu.
Aorist participle-En; as, kinta kin bag, ' afraid being I.'
p-Throughout the verb 'to l;e,' hot11 in this Declaratire form and in the
Permissive, a preclieative sclverb, ' umibo,' or any other snitable word,
may be inserted here in all the tenses.-ED.]
PARTICIPLES.
l'. 1. Bag ka-killin T. 6. Bag Ira-killi-ela-ta
2. ,, ka-Irilli-k&u~l 7. ,, ka-killi-kolag
4. ,, ka-tala 8. ,, ka-killi-kin
23 9. Bag ka-killi-nia.
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Cont inuaf iue.
T. 1. Bag ka-killi-lin T. 3. Bag Ira-liilli-li-ela.
Re$exice.
T. 1. Kin bag 110.
Reciyrocal.
T. 1. Bali ka-kill-Bn* T. 6. Bali ka-kill-ala-ta
4. ,, ka-kill-ale
* I. ,, ka-lrill-ai-kolae
6. ,, ka-kill-ai-kki~u 8. ,, ka-kill-ai-bin
T. 9. Bali ka-killa-ni~u.
* = r TTe two are living together, the one with the other, nolr-.'
SUBJUNCTITE 14100~.
1. The constrzlct verh, c7enoting pztrpose.
T. 10.
Ka-killi-ko, 'to be, exist, remain.'
Ka-killi-koa, 'to continue to be OT live.'
Ka-kill-ai-koa, 'to live one with another.'
2. The csnsfrucf ver6, denoting the inznzedinte puTFose of the
ion in the preceding clause; zchen no clazsse p~ececles, the ~OTIII
the ved denotes a tczsh.
10. Ka-umil-koa bag, ' that I may 02- nlight be,' ' I wish to be.'
Iteration.
li 1. Ka-tCa-kin bag T. 9. Ka-tCa-ka-ni~n bag
hzn&zence.
T. 9. Ka-tka-kuu-lioa bag.
Coni'emporary ci~cuclnstance.
!l'. 1. ha-tbn bag ba* T. 3. Ka-killi-ela bag bn
T. 9. Ka-nuu bag btl.
"The whole of the inclicatire mood nlay be thus declinecl 11-it11 bn.
Inzpliecl 7zqqafiolz of nctzcal 6econzilzg.
li 10a. Ka-mai ga bag
Anplied negation of eicfify or being.
I: lob. Ka-pa bag ba 2'. 10c. Ka-pa-ta bag bn
T. 10d. KeawarBn* bag Ira-pa
"KeamarJn is a negative.
IMPERATITE MOOD.
KB-naa bi, 'be thou.'
Ka-kill-ia bi, ' colltinue thou to be, live, remain.'
Ki-uwa bi gintoa 110, ' be thou thyself.'
K&killL bula (dual and plural only), 'be ye trro.'
Ka-tea-ka bi, ' be thou again.'