Example 25-269

Hi fraiten tu getin.
Hi
3sg
fraiten
be.frightened
tu
to
getin.
get.in
He/she is frightened to get in. (i.e. He/she is frightened to put his/her hand into a hole to look for goanna out of fear of snakes.)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation, but acrolectal use of tu as infinitive marker. This example illustrates an expression of fear.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt