Example 25-184

Im ken tok tharran tu, wen im kamap.
Im
3sg
ken
can
tok
talk
tharran
dist:adj
tu,
too
wen
when
im
3sg
kamap.
come
He can talk too, that one, when he comes.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the distal demonstrative tharran 'that' in pronominal function, and the use of the focus particle tu 'too'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt