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Example 25-241
Mi jidan mijelb, kukumbat.
Mi
1sg
jidan
sit
mijelb,
oneself
kuk-um-bat.
cook-
tr
-
prog
I am by myself, cooking.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the unmarked stative verb
jidan
'be, sit, stay'.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
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