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Example 25-105
Mibala yujdu idimbat la bush.
Mibala
1pl
yujdu
hab
id-im-bat
eat-
tr
-
prog
la
loc
bush.
bush
We used to eat it in the bush.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a 1st person exclusive plural pronoun and the habitual marker
yujdu
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: Inclusive and exclusive differentiated
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
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