Miscellaneous papers relating to Aborigines, ca. 1839-1871 - Page 91

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Skeleton forms which may be adopted to show the grammatical construction in the present, past, and future tenses, and subjunctive moods.
I      [   did  [   hunt  [  2   [    emus     ]              [ spear]  yesterday                                                              ]  with a
You  [
            will [  catch  [  5  [ kangaroos [              [ stick] tomorrow
 He  [                                                  ] with out [
She  [  may [  kill    [ 100 [   swans      ]             [ stone] on any day.

I [do[ make [big]   [on the top of [this mountain [ before [flat] rock
            light           [fires]
You did    little      ]in the middle of [   that plain  [ behind[ a high]
                 add to                                                                     tree
He will [                [ at the end of [  the valley ] alongside [narrow]
                quench [
She may [put out] many]at the side of[ the other river] beyond broad hut 

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