Example 25-234

Mibala wandim bla gugumbat taga.
Mibala
1pl
wand-im
want-tr
bla
dat/poss
gug-um-bat
cook-tr-prog
taga.
tucker
We want it (fire) for cooking food.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates an unmarked verb in present tense interpretation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61