Number.—There are the singular, dual, and plural numbers. Wille, an opossum; willebulet, a pair of opossums; willebarak, or willeguli, several opossums.
Gender.—Wuthu, a man; lêurk, a woman; bangga, a boy; kurregûrk, a girl; buban, a child of either sex; wuthuginbal, means a man and his wife. The gender of mammals and birds is marked by adding mamuk for male, and babuk for female; thus, gurê mamuk, a buck kangaroo; gurê babuk, a doe kangaroo.
Case.—The language has the nominative, nominative-agent, genitive, accusative, instrumental, dative and ablative cases. In the nominative, there is no change in the noun, except when it is the subject of a transitive verb, and then it requires the agent-suffix; as, Wuthung wirrungan bŭrdumin, a man a dog beat; lêuru wirringal kŭrgin, a woman a perch caught; wirrunganu gurê bŭndin, a dog a kangaroo bit.
In the possessive case, the name of the proprietor and of the property each take a suffix, as, Wuthunggety wanuk, a man’s boomerang; lêurgety lârnuk, a woman’s camp; wirrungangety birkuk, a dog’s tail.
Instrumental.—This is the same as the nominative-agent, thus, Ngaty gurê duggin wanu, I a kangaroo hit with a boomerang.
Dative.—lârngak, to a camp. Ablative.—wuthunyu, from a man. The accusative is the same as the nominative.
Adjectives.
Adjectives follow the nouns and take similar declensions.
Number.—Wuthu kurumbirt, a man large. Wuthubulet kurumbirtbulet, a couple of big men. Wuthubarak kurumbirtbarak, several big men.
Nominative-agent.—Wuthung kurumbirru wille burdumin, a large man an opossum killed.