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Example 25-316
Yunmi
bin putim rais, we imin sidim?
Yunmi
1du
.
incl
bin
pst
put-im
put-
tr
rais,
rice
we
subord
im=in
3sg
=
pst
sid-im?
seed/sow-
tr
Did you and I two put (= record the story about) the rice that they sowed?
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the generalized subordinate/relative clause with an object relative clause interpretation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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