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Example 25-227
Yubala jeldan na,
don
faitimbat.
Yubala
2pl
jeldan
settle.down
na,
now
don
neg
.
imp
fait-im-bat.
fight-
tr
-
prog
Settle down, you lot! Don't fight!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the use of prohibitive auxiliary
don.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Affix
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