ngadjuhme

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	I swim, I get in the water
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	IPA ŋaˈɟuʔmɛ For the audio, click here: http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/ngadjuhme
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	nga- first person singular pronoun prefix 'I' -djuhme is the verb stem in the non-past form Any other pronoun prefix can also be used: yi-djuhme ka-djuhme (W) ga-djuhme (Gdj) kabirri-djuhme (W) gabarri-djuhme (Gdj) karri-djuhme (W) garri-djuhme (Gdj) and many more...
Notes (Njalenjale)	-djuhme = non-past -djuhmeng = past perfective -djuhmeninj = irrealis (should/ didn't) -djuhmi = past imperfective -djuhmen = imperative
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	1. Ma, karri-djuhme wurdurd. (W) Hey children, let's go for a swim. 2. Barri-rei gare ginga barri-barlahnani, barri-djuhmi barri-yawani barri-darrgidmang. (Gdj) They'd go along, maybe they'd see crocodile tracks, they (the initiates) would have to go into the water, look around for it and pick it up alive.
Date (Balekeno)	25 May 2013

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