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Example 25-223
Mela bin ran fas tharrei la Janjuwa.
Mela
1pl
.
excl
bin
pst
ran
run
fas
fast
tharr-ei
dist
-
dir
la
loc
Janjuwa.
Janjuwa
We ran fast there to Junjuwa.
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley. This example illustrates a named place as a goal.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hudson 1985
: 157
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Going to named places: Preposition
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