Example 25-252

Mi olgaman na, yu nomo helb mi.
Mi
1sg
olgaman
old.woman
na,
now
yu
2sg
nomo
neg
helb
help
mi.
1sg
I'm an old woman now, [and still] you don't help me.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates a predicative noun phrase in a nonverbal clause.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt