| English: speak, say, talk, tell (to do something), tell someone something, tell, inform, order, ask
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Bundjalung:
wadji-
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| Part of Speech: verb transitive
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Category: language
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South West: Wa:Crowl; We:Gordn wajehla , wajilehla say , talk; Wa:Calley wadje: speak ; Cas:Smy wadj-e, wadjelela, wadje:ga, wadjeni, wadjilenj, wadjilja:
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngambuhru wadjeh. (from W)
English: 'Say it slowly.' (slow speak)
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Example:
Bundjalung : Wanah mununu yanah ngadju wadjehnyidjahng. (from W)
English: 'Don't go from there unless I tell you.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyang ngadji galahni wadjehny? (from W)
English: 'What will we tell him?'
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Bundjalung : Jiginehny galahni wadjehny? (from W)
English: 'How will we tell him?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Maliyu dandaygambu wadjini biridju nyulangi yanginiyah. (from W)
English: 'The old man told him to bring him some honey.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyahn.gandu wadjini yan.gahny ngay. (from W)
English: 'She said, I will go.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyahn.gandu wadjini yan.gahny nyahn.gan. (from W)
English: 'She said she would go.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yagambeh mahnyuni wadji-wadjehnyi yagambeh mahnyulu ganngahny. (from W)
English: 'If you don't encourage them (to learn), they won't understand anything.'
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