Example 25-326

Yu kan fiksim mi, enibodi kan fiksim mi.
Yu
2sg
kan
can.neg
fiks-im
fix-tr
mi,
1sg
enibodi
anybody
kan
can.neg
fiks-im
fix-tr
mi.
1sg
You can't cure me, nobody can cure me. (patient to doctor)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates a negative construction (involving the special auxiliary of negative ability) with an indefinite pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt