Example 25-324

Nobodi neva putimbat mai haus.
Nobodi
nobody
neva
neg2
put-im-bat
put-tr-prog
mai
1sg.poss
haus.
house
Nobody ever builds my house.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates a negative construction with a negative indefinite pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt