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Example 25-212
Ai gada gedim kokiroj sprei en kilim olabat.
Ai
1sg
gada
fut
/
oblig
ged-im
get-
tr
kokiroj
cockroach
sprei
spray
en
and
kil-im
kill-
tr
olabat.
3pl
I will/should get cockroach spray and kill them. OR: I'm going to get cockroach spray and kill them. (Orig. Transl.)
Comment:
Variety: Written Roper River.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Bennett 1986
: 2
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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