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Example 25-177
Imin stilimbat brom dat awus.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
stil-im-bat
steal-
tr
-
prog
brom
from
dat
dem
awus.
house
He stole (them) from the house.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. This example illustrates the adnominal use of the demonstrative / definite article.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
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