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Title:
Wamba Wamba Bound Forms - Plain English - short without examples (pdf - 4 pages)
Summary:
An edited plain English reference list of Bound Forms edited and expanded from the 'Wemba Wemba Dictionary' by Luise A. Hercus, p 72-75.
Author:
Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre
Format/type:
Text, Document
Length:
4 Pages
About:
Language teaching and learning - content - Bound Forms
Age Suitability Guide:
Language Workers, Teachers, Community, Yr10-12, Yr7-9
Content:
English Text, Wamba Wamba Text
Learning Focus:
Publisher:
Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre © 1 Jan 1992
Doc ID:
5
External link:
Additional notes:
'A bound form is a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own.' (Wiktionary). Bound forms are an important part of our language. They are added to the end of Wamba Wamba nouns, pronouns and verbs. For example, the possessive markers 'ek', 'in' and 'uk' are added to the end of nouns to indicate 'mine', 'yours' and 'his, hers, its' respectively.
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