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Example 25-39
Tubala bin goawei na, kenggaru tubala.
Tubala
3du
bin
pst
goawei
go_away
na,
now
kenggaru
kangaroo
tubala.
two
The two went away then, the two kangaroos.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the numeral / dual marker
tubala
following a noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun: Numeral follows noun
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