| English: be, become
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Bundjalung:
-an.ga-, -angga-
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| Part of Speech: verb intransitive
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
wan-, wana-, wara-
werwa-
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Comment: -wehn imperfect aspect, often where English would use past tense; suffixable to nouns and adjectives etc. to make verb. Occasionally found as wana-/wan.ga-, from which -an.ga- is derived. Past tense -wehn.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Holm; M:Liv
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngulungmay waring-an.gahla. (from Y:Sh)
English: 'It's getting cold./It will get cool.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gumbinywehn nyula. (from Y:Hol)
English: 'That was the end of him.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Jangan.gehn gidjung. (from Y:Sh)
English: 'The old man is no good.'
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