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Example 25-298
Wan hi kambek
from
skul.
Wan
temp
hi
3sg
kam-bek
come-back
from
from
skul.
school
When he comes back from school.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the use of an adpositional phrase as source with a verb of motion.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Coming from named places: Preposition
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