Example 25-279

Olabat bin bigbala yem.
Olabat
3pl
bin
pst
big-bala
big-adj2
yem.
yam
They were big yams.
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. This is an example of a predicative noun phrase in past tense, which also illustrates the order of adjective and noun in a noun phrase.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979: 123