| Yandang nyerndiny Wamba Wamba! |
Demonstrates the uncommon use of the first person pronoun word (yandang) rather than the more common verb ending (anda) to emphasise the 'I'. Lit. I learn-will Wamba Wamba. This is an answer to the question 'Winyarr nyerndiny Wamba Wamba?' https://culture.yarkuwa.org.au/phrases/250
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I will learn Wamba Wamba! |
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| Yandang wawity kirrkundity. |
yandang - first person pronoun (I), 'wawa' - to follow + 'ity' - potential case ie 'would follow', kirkundity - God from heaven.
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I would follow god |
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| Yanggang poty-kata tyurung malanga. |
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Walking through the long grass and far away |
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| Yanggang Werkul-tawa |
Yangang (walking) Werkul - name of the Wakool River followed by the postposition (-tawa) for 'along'.
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Walking along the Wakool River |
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| Yanggangangurr nyawi-kata kirrkundity. |
'Yangga' (to walk), ang (present participle, happening now), angurr (first person, plural, inclusive 'we' or 'we all'). nyawi (sun, daylight), -kata (locative marker - right in), Kirrkundity (God 'from heaven')
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We are walking in the light of the lord |
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| Yanggangurr. |
Yangga (to walk), angurr ('we' first person, plural, inclusive, eg 'we all' including the person/s being spoken to.)
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We walk |
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| Yanginyangal karrəlkuk. |
Demonstrates that the 'adverbs of time' eg 'karrəlkuk' (tonight) & 'nyarri' (now) were usually the last word in a sentence and did not contain transferring endings. Lit. walk-will-we-two tonight.
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We two will go for a walk tonight |
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| Yarkarr nyunya. |
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You look around here |
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| Yarkuwanda wilkarr. |
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I am looking around for dingoes |
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| Yarkuwin lipkwilku tyak-tyak potykata. |
Sentence with the past tense ending 'in' of the verb 'yarkuwa' (to search for), the 'ku' ending indicating a 'doer' word (lipkwilku), the done to word (tyak-tyak) and the locative 'kata' ending showing that the action is done in something (potykata - in the grass).
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The echidna searched for white ants in the grass |
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| Yathaka liyanyuk. |
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He hasn't got any teeth |
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| Yemurraki-kata |
Say: yerm-uurr-ah-kii-kah-tah
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In the Dream Time |
Communication - Belief |
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| Yinga wira. |
Example phrase included in the Wamba Wamba section of the Dictionary to demonstrate the directional nature of 'yinga'. The 'wira' in the phrase is likely to be a shortened form of 'wirrəka - to run, to hurry'.
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He is hurrying along this way! |
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| Yiri kinya tyurrilang! |
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He is a really bad gossip! |
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| Yirri tyilkanda. |
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I am very pleased |
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| Yirəkal karrin. |
lit. straight nose-your (this simple clause contains a nominal 'yirəkal' and a subject 'karrin')
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Your nose is straight |
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| Yirən-yirəndin. |
Lit. eyebrows (yirən-yirən) + your.
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Your eyebrows |
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| Yukwek mambulin. |
Lit. I-wish-I-had kidney-fat-yours.
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I wish I had your kidney fat |
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| Yulpin. |
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Your right hand |
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