Example 25-166

Imin oldei telim mi “givit bek langa im thet taka blanga im, yu bin takat naf, givit bek la thet beibi".
Im=in
3sg=pst
oldei
always
tel-im
tell-tr
mi
1sg
“giv-it
give-tr
bek
back
langa
loc
im
3sg
thet
dem
taka
tucker
blanga
dat/poss
im,
3sg
yu
2sg
bin
pst
takat
eat
naf,
enough
giv-it
give-tr
bek
back
la
loc
thet
dem
beibi".
baby
She used to say to me "give it back to her, that food of hers, you have eaten enough, give it back to the baby".
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a locative-marked recipient with the ditransitive verb 'give', as well as a an adpositional marking of a pronominal possessor.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt