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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
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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