| 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)
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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?'
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