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Example 25-280
Olabat andi bi bigbala yem.
Olabat
3pl
andi
pot
bi
be
big-bala
big-
adj2
yem.
yam
They will be big yams.
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. This is an example of a predicative noun phrase in the future tense.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979
: 123
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: No copula
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