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Example 25-255
Mindubala bin laitim, kilim.
Mindubala
1du
.
excl
bin
pst
lait-im,
light-
tr
kil-im.
kill-
tr
We two burned it (and thereby) killed it. (Referring to a centipede)
Comment:
Variety: Victoria River, older generation. The example illustrates the 1st person dual exclusive pronoun
mindubala.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
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