Example 25-42

Teikim Nawurla tu, jet tubala Nangari ken luk ani laik thet from haiwei.
Teik-im
take-tr
Nawurla
Nawurla
tu,
too
jet
dem
tubala
two
Nangari
Nangari
ken
can
luk
see
ani
just
laik
like
thet
dem
from
from
haiwei.
highway
Take Nawurla too, those two, Nangari and her, will be able to see it just like that from the highway. (Context: looking for a particular plant)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the inclusory use of a combination of a noun and the numeral 'two'. Nawurla and Nangari are subsection ("skin") names used throughout the Victoria River Area.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt