ne

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Meaning:

I guess so, maybe you're right. This particle signals tentative agreement with some proposition. As the two examples below demonstrate, it frequently co-occurs with ep 'maybe'.

Kurungurr Example:

Yerrnyin tyagannawa ngini? Ep medityin werre ngini ne.

I wonder what that stuff was for? Maybe it was used to make medicine.

Kurungurr Example:

'Ep kine Tawun', ngiminyne. 'Ep ne', menyngiti.

'Maybe this is Darwin', I said to him. 'I guess so', he told me.