| CONJUGATION | NON-PAST | PAST | IMPERATIVE | IMMEDIATE FUTURE2 |
PRESENT |
| V1 | mi ~ Ø |
ja | ya (-ka)1 | ju / ji |
nya |
| V3 | nyi | ngu | ngka | ngku | nganya |
| V2 | rni, ni | rnu | ka | ku | rninya |
| V4 |
nja | lku | |||
| V5 | ni | nu | nta | nku | nanya |
IRREALIS = IMPERATIVE+rla
NOMIC = PAST, except for V1 ngu
(not ja)
ANDATIVE V-nji- 'go and V'
derives a stem which inflects as V5, except that ANDATIVE IMPERATIVE of
a V3 root is nka (not nta)
PRESENT also called PRESENTATIONAL PRESENT
Notes:
1. -ka on nyina- and nguna-
2. not in Lander River or Eastern dialects
Based on Kenneth L. Hale's
'Walbiri conjugations' (1969 mimeo., 14pp.
MIT, Cambridge, Mass.), with additions suggested by Mary Laughren.
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Created: 20 July 2007
Last modified: 22 October 2007
Maintained by: David
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URL http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/wlp/suffixes-verb.html