Examples of Jaminjung

‘The flying fox eats flowers.’

‘He's hugging him now, the little child is.’

‘(The mother) is holding the child in her arms.’

‘She hugged you, and you hugged her, too.’

‘A rock rat is now looking at this child.’

‘The cow is looking in that direction.’

‘My dog, I don't know what it sees, maybe it sees a white man.’

‘The dog smells the meat.’

‘The dog smelled the two.’

‘The fire smells.’

‘(The Aboriginal) man feared the white man.’

‘The little Nangari was was frightened of you, wasn't she?’

‘The owl frightened him (...).’

‘Maybe they (fish) like frogs (as bait), maybe they will bite frogs.’

‘Auntie, do you know the place?’

‘All right, I know you (now).’

‘I was thinking about you all.’

‘You two only think about alcohol.’

‘We searched for long yam.’

‘Here I was looking for the (street) sign.’

‘Bathe her (the child), maybe she is hot. (child, in river).’

‘You don't wash clothes for me.’

‘I want to shave (my) beard. (Lit. 'I want to pluck myself with respect to the beard').’

‘Let's follow this man!’

‘Her husband followed her running. /Her husband ran after her.’

‘Maybe we two will meet you halfway.’

‘Me, I will be talking to her!’

‘Don't ask us two for food, you two!’

‘My grandfather asked me: "..."’

‘"You have disturbed a dangerous thing!" he said to him, to the dog.’

‘"You come here", the doctor said to her.’

‘I called her I. after my mother.’

‘It is raining now (lit. 'rain falls'), with lightning.’

‘She coughs.’

‘You might cough / be coughing.’

‘You cover the meat with paperbark.’

‘I gave them the food, all of it.’

‘That other old man gave me food.’

‘Why am I shouting at you!? You are not listening to me!’

‘They shouted for them.’

‘Maybe the man is building this house.’

‘We used to erect small tents.’

‘They were building us iron (houses) then.’

‘The crocodile got into the water from there.’

‘That white man is weeding the grass, look.’

‘Her hair is coming out.’

‘They used to break its legs with a boomerang.’

‘But some people killed it for her, with a stick.’

‘They are killing them with a stick.’

‘The power ticket (lit. '(thing) for power') ran out / 'died'.’

‘The child killed the bird with a stone.’

‘(Many kites are circling there), maybe a kangaroo died.’

‘This child was playing.’

‘She used to take them away from me, my things, toys.’

‘(The woman) stole that chicken, I don't know from where.’

‘The man is laughing.’

‘They took all of it from me, the women did, what’s it called, ashes.’

‘They only sent us those big bags (of salt).’

‘Nangari sent my things for me, tapes and others, Nangari.’

‘We used to carry fish under our arms (i.e. in a cooliman / wooden carrying vessel) (back to the camp).’

‘That white man used to beat us (with a stick).’

‘I'm telling her the story.’

‘At Gunamu I'm talking/telling, in the Park.’

‘(...) Another one was killed by Aboriginal people. / Aboriginal people killed another one. (From an account of several deaths).’

‘He hit us with a stick (as you know already).’

‘The women fought with fighting sticks.’

‘Don't touch it, it is hot (lit. 'fire-having'), you might get burned!’

‘The child touched the car.’

‘Nawurla cut its neck.’

‘They cut it with a knife.’

‘The queen cut the dam, the ribbon.’

‘The boy cut himself with a knife.’

‘They are cutting it for her, they will be cutting until lunchtime.’

‘She took it right away from the water on the dry (land).’

‘Get/take dry firewood, not that (deposited) from the flood!’

‘Mother would take it (toy) off her, "give it to her!" and she would give it to her.’

‘Maybe someone will take her (your wife) away from you.’

‘She put it on top so the child would not get/take it.’

‘We all get money on a payday.’

‘They (the women) used to peel bark off a tree.’

‘I'm hiding the meat from the dog.’

‘He ran away from them, the child, and hid.’

‘The car is hidden.’

‘I will keep it (the food) hidden.’

‘The old women showed me yam in Gilwi.’

‘I'm showing you the Ngaliwurru country.’

‘She showed (it) to me. (Lit. 'She showed me').’

‘They used to show us two, you know, food and other things like that.’

‘The rainbow shows up. (lit. 'shows itself').’

‘He threw her into the water, (so that she got) just bogged (in the mud).’

‘He (the child) threw it with his hand, the pencil.’

‘He (the white man) tied them like that to a tree (with rope).’

‘Tie these things (onto the car) side by side first!’

‘It is tied around a tree.’

‘I put the things back in the box.’

‘He covered himself (with negative effect) for the two, with paperbark.’

‘The red cloth, they (the women) put it in a basket.’

‘We put the grass into the trailer.’

‘I will pour it (the tea) for you two, in the billycan.’

‘The water pours/spills.’

‘Nalyarri is all covered up, she is cold.’

‘The women used to fill the tin with water (lit. ...fill water into the tin).’

‘The water filled the hole/bowl.’

‘(...) the one that is always full of water (lit. the one that water is always full).’

‘They used to load the long yam in there, they used to put it in the paperbark cooliman.’

‘Maybe grandfather is hungry.’

‘(The child) is hungry for milk.’

‘The ball is rolling.’

‘(The tea bag) got immersed / sank.’

‘It is burning brightly now (i.e. with a flame), the stick.’

‘Here (the country) is moist, but in Port Keats it is dry.’

‘That man is a kangaroo hunter. He goes kangaroo hunting, for kangaroo.’

‘We used to grind waterlily seed with a stone.’

‘I wiped the ground.’

‘It is making us deaf. (Lit. 'it is wiping us').’

‘We dug (up water), and made a well.’

‘I was digging for a goanna that had buried itself in the ground.’

‘She brings it (long yam) back to/for the child.’

‘The two were training/teaching their horse.’

‘You all teach me language. (Lit. 'you (PL) make me knowledgeable about language').’

‘Yolngu (Aboriginal organisation) used to bring us big tents.’

‘The two hear the frogs, maybe talking.’

‘"Listen to the two!" he said to him.’

‘We heard the ambulance.’

‘Nalyarri is cooking meat.’

‘The tea is boiling now.’

‘Finally the children appeared on us with fish.’

‘A saltwater crocodile might appear on them (people in boats).’

‘Those children were crying for food (and) for their mother.’

‘The child has already fallen on the ground.’

‘They also made axes out of the quartz.’

‘I didn't want to sit around (i.e. stay).’

‘He wouldn’t give (him) the two, his children.’

‘She blinked for the eye (i.e. to protect the eye).’

‘My grandchild climbed/went up a tree.’

‘The child runs to her, to the mother.’

‘(My wife) ran away from me / left me running.’

‘They took him running to the hospital then / They ran with him to the hospital then.’

‘The teacher then ran up to him (to) pick (him) up / The teacher then approached him running (a boy who had fallen).’

‘My mother is sitting here.’

‘He came, and sat down there (the galah).’

‘My grandson then went to the Cafe.’

‘L left the dog behind.’

‘The woman is singing.’

‘The saltwater crocodile pushed over one man looking around for eggs (...) it pushed him into the water.’

‘I feel sad.’

‘She is sad, my old lady (mother).’

‘I too am worried for / sad about Nangari.’

‘The child is lifting that C up.’

‘They (the men) took the women up on top.’

‘The child spilled the milk.’

‘I will pour it for you two. (Lit. 'I will give it to you two pouring').’

‘You two make her sad.’

‘The man laughed at (the other one).’

‘These two were afraid / frightened.’

‘The mother is afraid for that child, (afraid) of an accident.’

‘The horse is afraid, look!’

‘We were washing/bathing because of (i.e. to get rid of) the saltwater.’

‘At the junction (of tree and leaf) she pulled off the pandanus (leaf).’

‘Pull my tooth out, I'm sore.’

‘That old man is sick. He got/fell very ill.’

‘I have a toothache.’

‘Who took this out / who tore this off?’

‘A tooth fell out.’

‘I took your clothes off. / I deprived you off your clothes.’

‘This place is called Timber Creek by white people; we Aboriginal people call it Gunamu.’

‘We two, Namij (and me) call it (a plant) dardaga. We call the plant by its right name.’

‘I almost said the name of your (deceased) grandfather.’

‘She called her own name.’

‘What do we call this bird?’

‘I call that jarning.’

‘I am/live here in Murranginy. I don't live in Bulla (any more), I left it.’

‘I am/live/stay here in my place.’

‘The black-headed python (is the one that) lives on the rocks.’

‘The fish lives in freshwater.’

‘The small child is eating boab nut.’

‘It is sniffing around for its home (animal in cage).’

‘They are discussing (gossiping about) those people, the three sitting here.’

‘I'm going to make (the child) laugh.’

‘She plucks off leaves (off a branch).’