Example 25-195

Imin telim tubala tu graul mijelb la thei pleis!
Im=in
3sg=pst
tel-im
tell-tr
tubala
3du
tu
comp
graul
argue
mijelb
refl
la
loc
thei
3pl
pleis!
place
He told the two to argue at their (own) place.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the use of an unmarked 3rd person plural pronoun as possessor. It also illustrates the 3rd person dual pronoun tubala and a reciprocal construction. The occurrence of tu as a complementizer is possibly an acrolectal feature.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt