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THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA:
English. |
Native. |
I am going to chew the meat | Watye ginyan ngowee. To chew going am I the meat. |
I am going to scold her | Tyallee ginyan. To scold her going am I. |
I am going to chop with an axe | Taardow ginyan batye goorook. To chop going am I with an axe. |
I am going to watch him. | Maan-maan tyerry ginyan. To watch him going am I. |
I am going to burn the wood | Werrick ginyan wanyip. To burn going am I the wood. |
I am going to pour out the water | Gaal ginyan cattying. To pour out going am I the water. |
I am about to take it | Gaam-maan ginyan. To take it about am I (going). |
I intend to keep it | Woorrpamitt ynootyan. To keep it intend I. |
I am going to sharpen my spear | Litwoong ginyan ngary balleck. To sharpen going am I my spear. |
He hit me on the head | Tacking propanpeck. He hit me on the head (my head). |
The bird eats | Bany tyeckelang. The bird eats. |
How does the snake bite and kill man? | Tyanango goottilang goornmill buntinong wootye? How does bite the snake to kill man? |
With his teeth | Lee allook. With his teeth. |
I was angry | Goollinan. Angry was I. |
The Verb "Goongee."
TO LOVE, TO CREATE BY LOVE, TO MAKE, TO DO. | ||||
INDICATIVE MOOD. | ||||
Singular. | Plural. | |||
Present tense. | ||||
Goongeenon | I love. | Goongeenan | We love. | |
Goongeen | Thou lovest. | Goongeenat | You love. | |
Goongeena | He loves. | Goongeenatt | They love. | |
Past tense. | ||||
Goongeenong | I loved. | Goongeenango | We loved. | |
Goongeeno | Thou lovedst. | Goongeenange | You loved. | |
Goongeena | He loved. | Goongeenang | They loved. | |
Perfect tense. | ||||
Goongeenon mala | I have loved. | Goongeenango malan | We loved. | |
Goongeeno mala | Thou hast loved. | Goongeenange malan | You have loved. | |
Goongeena mala | He has loved. | Goongeenang malan | They have loved. | |
Pluperfect tense. | ||||
Goongeenon malana | I had loved. | Goongenanon malanon | We had loved. | |
Goongeenone malana | Thou hadst loved. | Goongenange malanon | You had loved. | |
Goongeena malana | He had loved. | Goongeenga malanan | They had loved. | |