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Example 25-178
Wi noim bla thet kantri.
Wi
1pl
.
excl
no-im
know-
tr
bla
dat
/
poss
thet
dem
kantri.
country
We know about that country.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the verb of knowing
noim
followed by a prepositional complement.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
Savvy: A savvy word exists
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