The verb is inflected for the same number as the noun.
A kangaroo saw I, _buru nangurringga_.
A pair of kangaroos saw I, _burumbla nangurringbla_.
Several kangaroos saw I, _burulula nangurringdyula_.
Different shades of meaning are imparted to verbs by additions to the
affixes:
I was eating going along, _dhaimballinyirrimuingga_.
I beat before (some event), _ngubururingawung_.
I beat after (some event), _ngubullaringawung_.
I threw frequently, _yerrimbillidyingga_.
I was throwing alone, _yerrilimuingga_.
I am always beating, _ngubadyingga_.
_Adverbs_.
Yes, _ngi_. No, _gurragan_. Now, _yanggu_. Yesterday, _burranda_. By
and by, _gaugau_. Long ago, _nudyina_. Always, _bulu_.
How, _ngindyin_. How many, or what number, _wunnamalan_. Where,
_wunda_. Certainly, _ganni_. Then, _yanbi_. Very or really, _madi_.
Perhaps, _wundu_. Not, _muga_. When, _wundin_.
Certain adverbs can be inflected for person and number, thus:
Where shall I go? _Wundayerrabunningga?_
Where shalt thou go? _Wundayerrabunnindyi?_
Where shall he go? _Wundayerrabunnin?_
and so on for all persons and numbers.
_Prepositions_.
On top, _gunna_. Down, _dhugga_. Between, _dhuri_. Behind me,
_bengalwarria_. Outside, _bunnungga_. Out of that, _barridyi_. In rear
of me, _wullingaia_. In here, _ngunna_. In or under there, _ngunnin_.
Words meaning "is here," "was here," "will be here," also exist in
this language.
Many prepositions can be inflected for number and person:
Singular 1st Person In front of me _Ngunalundya_.
2nd " In front of thee _Ngunalundyi_.
3rd " In front of him _Ngunalung_.
and so on through the dual and plural.
_Exclamations_.
_Ya!_ calling attention.--_Bungamugi_, cease!
_Numerals_.
One, _meddhung_. Two, _bullala_.
Vocabulary of Wiradyuri Words.
This vocabulary contains about 430 words collected personally among
the Wiradyuri natives on the Lachlan, Macquarie, and Murrumbidgee
rivers. Instead of arranging the words alphabetically they are placed
together under separate headings:--Family terms--Parts of the body--
Natural objects--Animals--Trees--Weapons--Adjectives--Verbs. As the
equivalents of English terms will most frequently be required they are
put first.[16]
FAMILY TERMS.
A man _gibir_ or _men_.
Old man _bidyar_.
Husband _nguban_.
Clever man _wiardhuri_.
Young man
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