Example 25-159

Hi nomo faindim broken leg, nathing, bon bin kam [...] beta, hilap.
Hi
3sg
nomo
neg
faind-im
find-tr
broken
broken
leg,
leg
nathing,
nothing
bon
bone
bin
pst
kam
come
[...]
[...]
beta,
better
hil-ap.
heal-up
He didn’t find a broken leg any more, the bone had gotten better, it had healed. (Doctor in later consultation of a patient with a broken leg.)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates clausal negation as well as an unmarked body part noun referring to just one of a pair, and the suppletive comparative adjective beta.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt