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Example 25-129
Laik yunmi taimap
jamjing,
intit.
Laik
like
yunmi
1du
.
incl
tai-im-ap
tie-
tr
-up
jamjing,
something
intit.
tag
Like you and I tie up something, right?
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the indefinite pronoun
jamjing.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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