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"Inda thurra;   yul yipalim".   "Gilkonwor! Gilkonwor!"

You did:   you lie.                           Grey head!   Grey head!

glory;   but the contrary>

"Inda oningalu inda yummum?"

Why do you blow me up?

"Biddi biddi wundar."   "Ngutta nu dulli {baiigo}".

You're lightfingered.    I'll come and beat you.

"puiya puiya bakul".   "Dungun dungun daver."

bandy legs!   

"goho! Ngutta nginna dukkira kaowogo."

Step a bit! I you with my knife will cut

"Ngatti inna Bundar ngarerum"

I, Bundar, will beat you. *

  

The next example is a  Î› missionary's narration in

Kamilaroi of the visit of Jesus to the  

house of Jairus, a story that has often been listened

to with {manifest?} interest and feeling by the aborigines on the Namoi and Barwan.

"Ngarageduli miedul wibil ginyi;   Ngumba"

At one time a little girl sick became;   the Mother

"Boiyoi wune;   Kamil miedul murruba ginyi,"

Boiyoi gave;   not the little girl well became;

"Murru ginye wibil, ngullimun baluni."

much the grew worse almost she died.
  

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