Example 25-245

Libim! [...] nomo yu jeisim, yu libim, wot fo yu jeisim.
Lib-im!
leave-tr
[...]
[...]
nomo
neg
yu
2sg
jeis-im,
chase-tr
yu
2sg
lib-im,
leave-tr
wot
what
fo
for
yu
2sg
jeis-im.
chase-tr
Leave it alone! Don't chase it! Leave it, why do you chase it?
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