Example 25-291

"Yu got no bilij", imin tok lagijat.
"Yu
2sg
got
have
no
no
bilij",
ashes
im=in
3sg=pst
tok
speak
lagijat.
like.that
"You've got no ashes", she said.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the possessive verb got, and a verb of speech tok in combination with the quotation marker lagijat, with a direct speech complement. Bilij 'ashes (to be mixed with tobacco)' is a Jaminjung word.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt