Example 25-317

"A: sori" im reken.
"A:
interj
sori"
sorry
im
3sg
reken.
think/say
"Ah sorry" he says.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the verb of speech/thought reken with a direct speech complement.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt