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Example 25-121
Wots rong yu gata hedeik?
Wots
what's
rong
wrong
yu
2sg
gata
got
hedeik?
headache
Why do you have a headache?
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates an expression for 'headache' and the invariable 2nd person singular pronoun
yu.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’: Experiencer is subject
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