ABORIGINALS: AN ELEMENTAKY GRAMMAR.
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nouns governing verbs in the future, should bo noted. Besides acting as pronouns proper, these personal pronouns nominative are used to express the different forms of the European auxiliary verb "to be" (sect. 8, IS.)
Number.
Person.
a. Present or Past.
b. Puture.
1st.
niZ»-ja = I, I am, or I wivs
mm-yo = I, I shall be
2nd.
lOT-pS = thou, tliou art, m- wast
ing-o =■ thou, thou shalt be
3rd.
noo-i-i =he, it, this, close up in front or
noong-Q-^ — he, it, this, close up in front
at side, is or was
or at side, shall be'
ti
noo-S,-ktl — he, it, this, close up at bade,
moont/oka = he, it, this, close up at back.
19 or was
shall he
S
»ioo-a-(rl) = he, it, that, yonder, is or
noong-o-(&-il) = he, it, that, yonder, shall
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was
be
c'
nS»-i-6 = She, this, close up in front or
n&ng-u-u = she, this, close up in front
Oi
at side, is or was
or at side, shall be
mtn-a-lia = she, this, close up at back, is
nUng-o-'k^ = she, this, close up at back.
or was
shall be
nSn-pa-(rl) = she, that, yonder, is or
«finjf-o-(3-rI) = she, that, yonder, shall
was
be
1st.
nUl-i = we both, are or were
m-SMIng-o = we both, shall be
2nd.
7100-la = you both, are O)' were
noo-lang-o = you both, shall be
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3rd.
poo-li-S = they both, close up in front or
J30o-lang-o-u = they both, close up in
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at side, are or were
front or at side, shall be
O
poo-lS-kS = they both, close up at back.
^oolang-e-ka = they both, close up at
are or were
back, shall be
2)oo-ia-(rI) = they both, yonder, are or
j3oo-]ang-o-(a-rl) =: they both, yonder.
were
shall be
Ist.
nS?i-S = we are or were
jifei-ang-o = we, shall be
2nd.
noo-rS, = you, are or were
»?oo-rctng-o = you, shall be
3rd.
tfin-I-S = they close up in front or at
<itn-itng-o-u = they, close up in front, or
g
side, are or were
at side, shall be
B
iSw-a-kd. — they close up at back, are or
ifin-iSng-o-ka = they, close up at back,
Ph
were
shall be
»)
iiin-a.-(rl) = they yonder are or were
<itn-ang-o-(a-rI) = they, yonder, shall be
The final syllables of certain of the third persons in preceding and succeedino; prononiial tables are placed in parentheses to indicate that they may often ii omitted in quick conversation.
6. Personal Pronouns Objective— Direct Object.
In this series can be recognised traces of the objective case which is -na for the present or past, and -ko for future, tenses (sect. 14).
Number.
Person.
a. Present or Past.
b. Tutare.
Ist.
nUn-y^ = me
nSn-io-ko = me
2nd.
irt'TiS, = thee
i)io-ko = thee
3rd.
Jji-nl-S = him, it, close up in front or at
nd-ko-n = him, it, close up in front o)
at
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side
side
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fe-nS-kS, &c.
no-ko-k«, &o.
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J>i-na-(r()
no-ko-a-(rl)
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nfim-ni-6 ^ »ifift-na-k.t nfin-na-{rt)
nUn-ko-a
niin-ko-ka,
nan-k5-a-(rl)
1st.
nUl-Vi-na = us both
j!i!Mr-ko = us both
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2nd.
7ioo-13.-nX, &c.
»oo-lS-ko, &c.
a
3rd.
poo-lS-ni-e
yioo-la-ko-u
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^oo-lS-na-kJt jpoo-lS-na-iiI)
poO'la.-ko-ka, jpoo-lako-a-(rl)
1st.
rifin-a-nS = us all
nan-St-ko = us all
•-I
2nd.
nod-ra-kB, &o.
i
3rd.
tUn-^-nl-^
tun-^-ko-a
tare-S-ko-kS
PM
I)
«fi»s-a-na-{rl)
t«ft-a-ko-a-(rI)
