Example 25-259

En ai maitbi digimba::t, aim fraiten yuno en ai kan pulem la leg en kilem.
En
and
ai
1sg
maitbi
maybe
dig-im-bat,
dig-tr-prog
aim
1sg:be.prs
fraiten
frightened
yuno
you.know
en
and
ai
1sg
kan
can.neg
pul-em
pull-tr
la
loc
leg
leg
en
and
kil-em.
kill-tr
And I may be digging, I’m frightened and can’t pull it by the leg and kill it (a goanna).
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the specific dependent 1st person singular subject pronoun ai, as well as verbal conjunction.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt