Questions
A. Begin your analysis by filling in the spaces below with the appropriate Dyirbal
forms.8a. gaga ginuna balgan
b. ginuna gaga balgan
c. balgan gaga ginuna
d. balgan ginuna gada
e. gaga balgan ginuna
f. ginuna balgan gaga
"I'm hitting you."- bayi yata balgalgupu
"The man is hitting someone." - ginda gayguna balgan
"You're hitting me."
1 1. gaga bayi yala balgan
"I'm hitting the man." - bayi yata yanu
"The man is going." - bayi bargan baggul yataggu durgapu
"The man is spearing the wallaby." - gayguna baggul yataggu balgan
"The man is hitting me." - bayi yata banipu
"The man is coming." - balan dugumbil yanu
"The woman is going." - balan gugumbil banipu
"The woman is coming." - ginda banipu
"You are coming." - gaga banipu
"I am coming." - Subject of transitive sentence
Dyirbal form English gloss
a. "the man"b. "the woman"