Example 25-288

[...] en i bin bi lilbit swit.
[...]
[...]
en
and
i
3sg
bin
pst
bi
cop
lilbit
somewhat
swit.
sweet/tasty
[...] and it was quite tasty.
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley, younger speaker. This example illustrates the use of a copula in the past tense. (But compare Example 207 for a parallel case without the copula).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hudson 1985: 168