Example 25-312

"Aa, pobala dis tawun. Imin git draund." im lathad.
"Aa,
ah
pobala
poor.thing
dis
prox
tawun.
town
Im=in
3sg=pst
git
get
draund."
drowned
im
3sg
lathad.
like.that
"Ah, this poor town. It got drowned", he said.
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates a passive.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998