| English: who?, somebody, someone |
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Bundjalung:
ngahn, ngehn
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| Part of Speech: interrogative pronoun |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: ngehn, ngahn ngihn (Wi), ngehn (M), ngahn (Ng) |
| Comment: ngehn (M), ngahn (Y:Allen, Y:Watsn, Tw:Curr:Bray), ngahna 'whose' (Y:Allen, Y:Watsn), Y:Holm forms ngahn nom, ngahndu erg., ngehni acc., ngahna gen., ngahnu 'from', ngahnba loc. |
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Holm: ngahn , ngehn; Y:Allen nan who , nana whose , nan mulli who is there , nana gilli whose is that; Y:Watsn nan who , nan'a whose; M:Liv ngen kunggallen Tw:Curr:Bray killingang who is that
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Example:
bundjalung: Gili ngahn? (from Y:Allen, Tw:Curr:Bra) English: ???Who is that?' (mibiny understood - Bray) |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngahn gili. (from Tw:Curr:Bra) English: 'I don't know' (lit. 'who there?', answer to 'who is that'??') |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngahn gili mibiny? (from Tw:Curr:Bra) English: 'Which Blacks?' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngahn gili jalgany? (from Tw:Curr:Bra) English: 'What/which woman is that?' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngahn(a) gili? (from Y:Alle) English: 'Who is that?' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngahn mali? (from Y:Alle) English: 'Who is there?' |
