Datapoint Kriol/Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object

The most frequent adverbial of frequency, oldei, is more or less grammaticalized as a marker of habituality, and its position is strictly preverbal. Its inclusion as an example of a frequency adverb is, however, questionable. Other frequency adverbs were scarce in the available data, but seem to be more variable in their position; they can be found clause-finally and also clause-initially, but in that case are often separated from the rest of the clause by a prosodic break.

Values

Adverb – verb – object Frequency: 50.0%

Example 25-76:
Jamtaim wi tok lengguij jirrama.
Jamtaim
sometimes
wi
1pl.excl
tok
speak
lengguij
language
jirrama.
two
Sometimes we speak two languages.
Example 25-77:
Ai bin oldei lisen mai olmen.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
oldei
always/hab
lisen
listen
mai
1sg:poss
olmen.
old.man
I always/habitually listened to my old man (i.e. father).
Example 25-78:
Gardiya bin oldei ringim thet bel.
Gardiya
white.person
bin
pst
oldei
always/hab
ring-im
ring-tr
thet
dem
bel.
bell
A white person used to ring a bell every day. (context: work on the cattle stations, when speaker was young).
Example 25-80:
Ai bin gowin skul orlataim. Afda tharran ai orlas kambek en abam dina en go pleibat garra orla kid.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
gow-in
go-prog2
skul
school
orlataim.
always
Afda
after
tharran
dist:adj
ai
1sg
orlas
always
kam-bek
come-back
en
and
ab-am
have-tr
dina
dinner
en
and
go
go
plei-bat
play-prog
garra
com/ins
orla
pl
kid.
child
I used to go to school every day. After school I would come back and have dinner and then go and play with the children.

Source: Hudson 1985: 32

Confidence:
Intermediate

Verb – object – adverb Frequency: 50.0%

Example 25-79:
Wi yusdu get haidin from wait men yuno, oletaim.
Wi
1pl
yusdu
hab
get
get
haidin
hiding
from
from
wait
white
men
men
yuno,
you.know
oletaim.
always
We used to get a beating from the white people all the time.
Example 25-80:
Ai bin gowin skul orlataim. Afda tharran ai orlas kambek en abam dina en go pleibat garra orla kid.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
gow-in
go-prog2
skul
school
orlataim.
always
Afda
after
tharran
dist:adj
ai
1sg
orlas
always
kam-bek
come-back
en
and
ab-am
have-tr
dina
dinner
en
and
go
go
plei-bat
play-prog
garra
com/ins
orla
pl
kid.
child
I used to go to school every day. After school I would come back and have dinner and then go and play with the children.

Source: Hudson 1985: 32

Confidence:
Intermediate