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Kiwa yirri tyalanga karrthi.
It is very hot this summer
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Kiwa (now) yirri (very) tyalanga (hot it is) karrthi (summer). The head word of the sentence is the demonstrative adverb of time 'kiwa' followed by the adverb 'yirri' (very) then the verb 'tyalanga' (to be hot) with the third person 'a' ending (it is hot) and ending with the noun 'karrthi' (summer).

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karrthi - summer
kiwa - right now, immediately
yirri - very
tyalanga - to be hot
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Reference:
'Outline of the Wamba Wamba Language' - Victorian Languages - a late survey': Hercus L.A., p. 50, 2.3.2.1 Clause Structure. 'WambaWamba Dictionary', Hercus, p25 (kiwa)