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Example 25-101
Imin lagijat la mi en a - mindubala bin agamen na.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
lagijat
like.that
la
loc
mi
1sg
en
and
a
[false_start]
-
-
mindubala
1du
.
excl
bin
pst
agamen
argue
na.
now
He went like that (i.e. said that) to me – we two had an argument then.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. This textual example illustrates the 2nd person exclusive dual pronoun
mindubala.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: Dual form in all three persons
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: Inclusive and exclusive differentiated
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Only dependent subject forms
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