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THE ABORIGINES OF VICTORIA:
SPECIMENS OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE NATIVES OF LAKE HINDMARSH.
(By the Rev. A. Hartmann.)
| INFINITIVE. | ||||||
| To Come.–Woarta. | ||||||
| INDICATIVE. | ||||||
| Present. | Past. | |||||
| Singular. | I come, &c. | Plural. | Singular. | I came, &c. | Plural. | |
| Woartin yan | Woaryun nuandang. | Woartin nan | Woartin nang-o. | |||
| Woartin yar | Woartin yat. | Woartin nar | Woartin nut. | |||
| Woartun | Woartun nitch. | Woartin ga | Woartin nitch. | |||
| Future. | ||
| Singular. | I shall come, &c. | Plural. |
| Woartin yuan | Woartin nuandang. | |
| Woartin yuar | Woartin gut. | |
| Woarting ga | Woartin gitch. | |
| POTENTIAL. | |||||
| Present. | Past. | ||||
| Singular. | I can come, &c. | Plural. | Singular. | I could come, &c. | Plural. |
| Woarti yan | Woarti andang. | Woartian malla | Woartiyandang malla. | ||
| Woarti yar | Woartia gut. | Woartiar malla | Woartiyat malla. | ||
| Woarti ya | Woarti gitch. | Woartiya malla | Woartiyitch malla. | ||
| IMPERATIVE. | ||
| Singular. | Plural. | |
| Woarti | Woarti wat. | |
| (To Beat—Daka; To Burn—Walpa; and many more like Woarta.) | ||
| Active. | ||||||
| INFINITIVE. | ||||||
| To See.–Nyä-ngă. | ||||||
| INDICATIVE. | ||||||
| Present. | Past. | |||||
| Singular. | I see, &c. | Plural. | Singular. | I saw, &c. | Plural. | |
| Nyangan | Nyangang-o. | Nyainan | Nyainyang-o.. | |||
| Nyangar | Nyangat. | Nyainar | Nyanut. | |||
| Nyaing | Nyangitch. | Nyain | Nyainitch. | |||
| Future. | ||
| Singular. | I shall see, &c. | Plural. |
| Nyakinyan | Nyakinyang-o. | |
| Nyakinyar | Nyakinyut. | |
| Nyaking | Nyakinngitch. | |
| POTENTIAL. | |||||
| Present. | Past. | ||||
| Singular. | I can, may see, &c. | Plural. | Singular. | I could, might see, &c. | Plural. |
| Nyanyan | Nyanuang-o. | Nyawan malla | Nyawuandang malla. | ||
| Nyanyar | Nyanyut. | Nyawar malla | Nyawuat malla. | ||
| Nyanya | Nyanyitch. | Nyawa malla | Nyawitch malla. | ||
| IMPERATIVE. | ||
| Singular. | Plural. | |
| Ngagak | Nyanganurnung. | |
