ga-bidim-re

kabirri- / kabarri- 'they (3 or more)'
-m- 'hither' (towards speaker)
-re verb 'to go'

Remember we have already had the word kabirrire (W) kabarrire (Kdj) which means 'they are going'. The only difference with today's word is the insertion of -m- after the pronoun prefix kabirri- / kabarri-. This single sound indicates movement towards the speaker (or some other indicated centre) in the following Bininj Kunwok varieties:
Kunwinjku, Kuninjku, Kundjeyhmi.

Most Kune speakers (south of Maningrida) do not use this -m- direction marker. This is also true for the variety known as Mayali (spoken in the Katherine region). They have a different solution. If you are confused about all these different varieties of Bininj Kunwok and where they are spoken, have a look again at:

In Kunwinjku and Kuninjku (with hyphens to show the word parts):
Kabirri-re 'they are going'
Kabirri-m-re 'they are coming'
Yi-ray 'go away'
Yi-m-ray 'come here'

But in Kune and Mayali:
Kabirri-re 'they are going'
Kabirri-re kondah 'they are coming (here)'
Yi-ray 'go away'
Yi-ray kondah 'come here' or Yi-ray woyh! 'come here'.

Kunwinjku and Kuninjku:
Yimka! (yi-m-ka) 'bring it here'
Yika (yi-ka) 'take it'

Yimyerrngma! (yi-m-yerrng-ma) 'bring the firewood here' Literally: 'you-hither-firewood-bring'.

In the third person singular there is a problem. The past form of the third person singular is a zero prefix (i.e. nothing) on the verb, remember:

ka-re 'he or she is going'
wam 'he or she went' (the ka- has dropped off in the past tense and there is nothing on the front of the verb ø-wam). Remember the phrase:
Baleh wam? Where has he/she gone?

So how do you put the -m- directional on to the past third person singular form to say 'he or she came'? Solution— a special prefix to support the -m- 'ku-' or 'ka-' depending on the dialect, is added:

Kunwinjku:
kumwam (ku-m-wam) he/she came
Kuninjku:
kamwam (ka-m-wam) he/she came

Kuninjku:
Kamwam, wanjh yawoyhdurndi.
Kunwinjku:
Kumwam, wanjh yawoyhdurndi.
He/she came (here) and then went back again.

Kunwinjku:
Malaywi kabirrimre rowk.
They are all coming tomorrow.