Example 25-218

En dijan griba tu, wi bin wana jakim la wada.
En
and
dijan
prox:adj
griba
creeper
tu,
too
wi
1pl
bin
pst
wana
pot
jak-im
throw-tr
la
loc
wada.
water
And this creeper (plant), we would have thrown it into the water (using it as fish poison).
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the focus particle tu, the goal with a transitive verb of caused motion, and the order of tense and modal markers in the verb phrase.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt