Gemen jad frog imin tok, "Digimat mi! Digimat mi! Mi stak la rok", gemen jad frog imin sei lagijad.
Gemen
supposedly
jad
dem
frog
frog
im=in
3sg=pst
tok,
talk
"Dig-im-at
take-tr-out
mi!
1sg
Dig-im-at
take-tr-out
mi!
1sg
Mi
1sg
stak
stuck
la
loc
rok",
rock
gemen
supposedly
jad
dem
frog
frog
im=in
3sg=pst
sei
say
lagijad.
like.that
The frog said "get me out! get me out! I'm stuck in the rock!", the frog spoke like that, in the dream.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates the quotation marker lagijat 'thus, like that' in combination with a verb of speech, with direct speech as a complement. The adverb gemen 'not real, supposedly' here marks hearsay, relating to the fact that in the story, the event takes place in the dream of a boy.