Example 25-115

That lilbit ai bin hit yu, ai wana hit yu brabli na meik yu krai.
That
dem
lilbit
a_little
ai
1sg
bin
pst
hit
hit
yu,
2sg
ai
1sg
wana
pot
hit
hit
yu
2sg
brabli
properly
na
now
meik
make
yu
2sg
krai.
cry
That (was only that) I hit you a little, I will hit you properly now and make you cry.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the dependent 1st person singular subject pronoun ai and the pre-verbal position of the past tense auxiliary bin and the future/modal auxiliary wana.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt