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Example 25-125
Bat mai [...] bratha waif bin lukinaftaim mi, mi en E.
Bat
but
mai
1sg
.
poss
[...]
[...]
bratha
brother
waif
wife
bin
pst
luk-in-afta-im
look-
prog2
-after-
tr
mi,
1sg
mi
1sg
en
and
E.
E.
[My mother died] but my brother's wife looked after me, me and E.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates pronoun conjunction and the 1st person singular object pronoun
mi.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Pronoun conjunction: Singular pronoun overtly conjoined with other conjunct
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