Example 25-275

Bat ai go bek gota plein igen, ai kan teik that motika.
Bat
but
ai
1sg
go
go
bek
back
gota
com
plein
plane
igen,
again
ai
1sg
kan
can.neg
teik
take
that
dem
motika.
car
But I go back on a plane again, I can’t take the car.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a specific function of the comitative/instrumental preposition gota, that of marking the vehicle travelled in.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt