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| English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
I arrive, I appear, I come out |
| Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
nga-bep-meh
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| Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
nga- is the first person singular prefix 'I' that goes on verbs.
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| Notes (Njalenjale) |
It's the same spelling in this case in both Kunwinjku and Gundjeihmi 'ngabebmeng' although in Gundjeihmi there is a variant pronunciation of nga- and a-
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| Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
Balekeno kabirribebme? (W)
Yibebmen! (W or Gdj)
Ngurribebmen! (W or Gdj)
Yimbebmen!
Arriwarrmi ngarridjoukgeyi wanjh arribebmi, arrirei Pine Creek. (Gdj)
In the above example -bebmi is the past imperfective tense 'what used to happen in the past'. |
| Date (Balekeno) |
28 Nov 2012 |