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Example 25-271
Bat naja dubala bin du fraitn du gowin.
Bat
but
naja
other
dubala
3du
bin
pst
du
too
fraitn
frightened
du
to
gow-in.
go-in
But the other two were too frightened to go in.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River, Older Generation. The example illustrates a verbal use of
fraiten
'be afraid'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 63
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is non-verbal
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