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Yanggangangurr nyawi-kata kirrkundity.

'Yangga' (to walk), ang (present participle, happening now), angurr (first person, plural, inclusive 'we' or 'we all'). nyawi (sun, daylight), -kata (locative marker - right in), Kirrkundity (God 'from heaven')

 We are walking in the light of the lord
Yanggangurr.

Yangga (to walk), angurr ('we' first person, plural, inclusive, eg 'we all' including the person/s being spoken to.)

 We walk
Yanginyangal karrəlkuk.

Demonstrates that the 'adverbs of time' eg 'karrəlkuk' (tonight) & 'nyarri' (now) were usually the last word in a sentence and did not contain transferring endings. Lit. walk-will-we-two tonight.

 We two will go for a walk tonight
Yarkarr nyunya.

You look around here
Yarkuwanda wilkarr.

I am looking around for dingoes
Yarkuwin lipkwilku tyak-tyak potykata.
Sentence with the past tense ending 'in' of the verb 'yarkuwa' (to search for), the 'ku' ending indicating a 'doer' word (lipkwilku), the done to word (tyak-tyak) and the locative 'kata' ending showing that the action is done in something (potykata - in the grass).

 The echidna searched for white ants in the grass
Yathaka liyanyuk.

He hasn't got any teeth
Yinga wira.

Example phrase included in the Wamba Wamba section of the Dictionary to demonstrate the directional nature of 'yinga'. The 'wira' in the phrase is likely to be a shortened form of 'wirrəka - to run, to hurry'.

 He is hurrying along this way!
Yiri kinya tyurrilang!

He is a really bad gossip!
Yirri tyilkanda.

I am very pleased
Yirəkal karrin.

lit. straight nose-your (this simple clause contains a nominal 'yirəkal' and a subject 'karrin')

 Your nose is straight
Yirən-yirəndin.

Lit. eyebrows (yirən-yirən) + your.

 Your eyebrows
Yukwek mambulin.
Lit. I-wish-I-had kidney-fat-yours.
 I wish I had your kidney fat
Yulpin.

Your right hand