Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhurri [sic] spoken in the Wellington District, etc., etc. of New Holland collected by James Günther, 1839
[and] A few prefactory remarks to the following grammar, James Günther, St John’s Parsonage, Mudgee, 24th August 1871.
[and] An attempt of a grammar of the Wirradhurri [sic] dialect compiled & revised by J.G., 1840.
[iv], [336] pp. 19 x 12 cm and 1 positive and 1 negative microfilm copy.
Handwritten.
Marbled paper boards, leather spine and corners.
Contents:
Note, p. 2
B, pp. 3-28
B Appendix, pp. 28-33
D, pp. 37-50
D Appendix, pp. 50-2
G, pp. 57-76
G Appendix, pp. 77-81
I, pp. 85-8
K, pp. 91-4
M, pp. 97-110
M Appendix, pp. 111-3
N, pp. 117-30
N Appendix, pp. 130-2
U, pp. 137-40
W, pp. 143-54
Y, pp. 159-67
A few examples of sentences & phrases of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirraduri [sic] spoken in the Wellington District as also in the Upper Castlereigh R., pp. 171-86
Baiamai, pp. 189-92
An attempt of a translation of the Lord’s Prayer, pp. 196-7
A few prefactory remarks to the following grammar, pp. 212-4
Remark, p. 216
Alphabet, pp. 217-9
Assimilation & ejection of letters, pp. 220-1
Contraction (& abbreviation), p. 221
Parts of speech, p. 222
Pronouns, personal pronouns, p. 223
Plural, person 1st, person 2nd, pp. 224-6
The following genitive forms serve as possessive pronouns, p. 227
Dual form, pp. 228-31
The emphatic personal pronoun, p. 232
The emphatic possessive pronoun, p. 233
Demonstrative pronoun, pp. 239-40
Ajective [sic] pronouns etc., etc., pp. 241-2
Numerals, p. 242
Conjunctives (& emphatic postfixes), p. 243
Interrogative particles or conjunctions, p. 244
Locative interrogatives, p. 244
Adverbial particles, p. 245
Adverbs, p. 246
Remarks, pp. 247-8
Formation of words & terminations, pp. 249-58
Declension of the noun, pp. 259-62
The following is a table of the terminations of the principal cases [with] examples, pp. 263-71
Adjectives, p. 272
Comparison of adjectives, p. 273
The verb, p. 275-7
The tenses [with] examples, pp. 278-82
Verbal noun, pp. 282-4
Table of conjugations, principal tenses & moods, pp. 285-6
Defective & auxiliary verbs, p. 287
Modifications [with] examples, pp. 288-98
Addition to the modification, pp. 299-300
Syntax, p. 305
Of the construction of the noun, pp. 306-7
The use of cases, pp. 307-12
Use of the possessive pronoun, pp. 313-4
Of the demonstrative pronoun, pp. 314-5
Of the adjective, pp. 316-7
Comparative & superlative, pp. 318-20
Adverbs, p. 321
Use of the tenses, p. 322-5
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