66 AN AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE.
EXAMPLES of THE DECLENSION of VERBS and PnONOUNS.
��1. The Verb.
��Dara, 'to eat.'
��The Tense numbers here ai'e the same as on page 26 of this volume.
Inbicatiye Mood.
1. Dara 6. Deinni
2. De 7. Dal^iiTi
3. Dalgurranui 8. AVari dalgarriawagirri
4. 9. Dalgarrigirri
5. Dalguaan 10. {Fut.-Ferf.) Degirri
Impeeatite Mood.
Singular.
Dalla, ' eat thou ' Dallidyu, ' let me eat '
Dallaguiu barri, ' let him eat.'
Dual.
Gullallgunnanna barri dalla, or ngaguala dalla barri, or gula- ngalligunna dalli, ' let him and me eat together.'
Grula barri dalla bulagu, or dalla guain bulagu barri, ' let them two eat together.'
]N"gallibul dalla, or iigindu bula dalla, ' you two eat.'
Plural.
Dalla ngeauni, 'let us eat.' jSTgindugir dalla, ' eat you.'
Dalla guaiugulia barri, ' let them eat.' Grulagalanguudugir dalla, ' let me and many eat together.'
Subjunctive and Potential Moods.
These moods are frequently expressed by the future tense with yandundu, 'if,' 'when,' added; by the auxiliary verb garra, and especially by the word mallaug ; see page 01 of this appendix.
Paeticiples.
These are declined like verbs in all the tenses and moods. There are two participles ; the one ends in -bianna, and the other in -g unnann a ; the former seems to imply a longer con- tinuance of time than the other.
Indicative.
1. Dalgunnana {or dalbianna), 'I am eating.'
2. Dalgunnani, ' I was eating.'
5. Dalguain, ' I have been eating.'
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