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THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA:
10. Adverbs—
Only | Perhaps | Kanno. | ||||
Alone | Ngalquan. | Much | Waycoot. | |||
Solely | Little | Ngoopin. | ||||
Again | Barrat. | Enough | Moondhana. | |||
How | Waykrat. | Often | Mailbran. | |||
Why | Seldom | Plakoot. | ||||
When | Nara. | Sometimes | Kengalapan. | |||
Wherefore | Never | |||||
Whether | Once | Kooteganman. | ||||
Very | Mamgalgran. | Twice | Boolonggan. | |||
Together | Karobran. | Thrice |
Are there equivalents in the native language for the above, and how are they used.—(See Remarks.)
11. Prepositions.–How are prepositions placed? Give a few short sentences showing how they are used, and give equivalents of—
Above | Booloot. | Into | Mangina. | |||
About | Paroneta. | Near | Jenana. | |||
After | Kendoona. | Nigh | ||||
Against | Neerambo. | Of | ||||
Amidst | Booth. | Off | Plakoma. | |||
Among | Kara. | On | ||||
Around | Mateinga. | Over | Boolootha. | |||
At | Noondhana. | Roung | Maleinga. | |||
Before | Nulla. | Through | Moolinaga. | |||
Behind | Gandee. | Throughout | ||||
Below | Thanga. | Till | Mana. | |||
Beueath | To | Keekala. | ||||
Beside | Thinana. | Towards | Jillianga. | |||
Between | Booth. | Under | Thanga-thanga. | |||
Beyond | Moonda. | Underneath | Thanga. | |||
By | Until | Keekala. | ||||
Down | Thanga. | With | Thoolo. | |||
For | Within | Woothae. | ||||
From | Mangy. | Without | Moona-anga. | |||
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12. Conjunctions.—How are they used? Give one or two sentences by way of example. Give equivalents of—
Although | Neither | |||||
And | Notwithstanding | |||||
As | Nor | |||||
Because | Wakanal. | Or | Kinna guani. | |||
Both | Boola. | So | ||||
But | That | |||||
Either | Than | |||||
For | Though | |||||
If | Woothamal kanu. | Unless | ||||
Lest | Yet |
13. What are the common interjections?—
Kooki. | Yay (to express sorrow). | |||||
Kanti (equal to "my word"). | Naa (to express agreement). |