Example 25-108

Ai nomo bin jabi yu bin go, Nangari.
Ai
1sg
nomo
neg
bin
pst
jabi
know
yu
2sg
bin
pst
go,
go
Nangari.
Nangari
I didn’t know that you went away, Nangari.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates 1st and 2nd person singular pronouns as well as the verb of knowing sabi followed by a complement clause. Nangari is a subsection ("skin") term used by members of a number of language groups in the Victoria River District region.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt