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Example 25-213
Dijlot kid dei raning insaid la haus wen im reining.
Dij-lot
prox
-
pl
kid
child
dei
3pl
ran-ing
run-
prog2
insaid
inside
la
loc
haus
house
wen
subord
im
3sg
rein-ing.
rain-
prog2
These kids are running inside the house when it is raining.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Younger Generation. This example illustrates an expression of 'raining' and a temporal adverbial clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Meakins
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately following the verb
Raining constructions: It rains
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