Example 25-244

Nomo yu kolimbat tru, olmen!
Nomo
neg
yu
2sg
kol-im-bat
call-tr-prog
tru,
true
olmen!
older.man
Don't you claim this is true, old man!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates an alternative to the special prohibitive form don, the normal clausal negative marker nomo.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt