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Example 25-287
[...] wandi bi keful.
[...]
[...]
wandi
pot
bi
cop
keful.
careful
[we] should/will be careful.
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley. This is an example of an adjectival predicate with future tense.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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