Example 25-191

Ai bin oldei lisen mai olmen.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
oldei
always
lisen
listen
mai
1sg.poss
olmen.
man
I used to listen to my old man. (i.e. father)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a transitive verb of hearing and the 1st person singular possessive pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt