Example 25-147

Wot abat yubala jiftim olabat dijlat pikanini?!
Wot
what
abat
about
yubala
2pl
jift-im
shift-tr
olabat
3pl
dij-lat
prox-pl
pikanini?!
child
How about you lot move them, these children?!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the use of a plural marker with a noun with human reference, the term for 'child' pikanini.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt