Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 25-37
Buji ai ani girrim
dijan eig.
Buji
cond
ai
1sg
ani
only
girr-im
get-
tr
dijan
prox
:
adj
eig.
egg
If I only take this egg [...]
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. This example illustrates the adnominal use of the proximal demonstrative and a conditional clause introduced by
buji.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
×