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PRONOUNS

ngalii pronoun. we two, us. We must get stuck into it! ⚫ Ngaliiwaantani mali! Source: 9-26, Macquarie.

ngalikii pronoun. us two, the two of us. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:122.

ngathii pronoun. me, my. ⚫ Ngathii pala warraay kara. My head is no good. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1997 : 10-11 : 10-12.

ngathu I, 1st person singular. ⚫ Ngathu mukaa yuwanhikalay. All I did was sleep. ⚫ Ngathu yananha kalingku. I am going to the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-11. Source: 9-51 : Macquarie.

ngintu pronoun. you (to one person), you (singular). ⚫ Ngintuthan kirrampiyi. You are said to have been sick. Source: 9-136 : Macquarie.

nginuu pronoun. you, your. ⚫ Nathuna ngiyiyi kirrmali nginuu. I told her to wake you. Source: 10-1, Macquarie.

ngiyani = ngiyanu. pronoun. us, we. ⚫ Wilpaarrthurray ngiyani pipuwanha We go with the sulky Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:122. This form is marked in the grammar with 'T' which means it came from an informantfrom Trida.

ngiyanikii pronoun. us all. ⚫ Karipanhi ngiyanikiinanhthi (They) ran away from us all Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:122.

ngiyaningkii pronoun. us. ⚫ Yaanthulaa kuunhthu ngiyaningkiina kiyanhthaypakanmiyila At the finish the whitefeller had us frightened [then] [Or: The whitefeller behaved in such a way that we could not help being afraid] Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 1-224.

ngiyanu = ngiyani. pronoun. us, we. ⚫ Wangaay ngintu kurrungayaka. Ngiyanunangkalay. You are not going to swim. Only us. ⚫ Ngiyanuna ngurra yurrimiyi kalinytyi. We shifted our camp away from the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-13. Source: 9.47, Macquarie. This form is marked in the grammar with a 'K', which means it came from an informant from Keewong. Source: TD 1997:122&251.