Example 25-46

Sambala elikopta bin bajimap lilbit daga, maidi tu, thri deis [...] leita.
Sam-bala
some-adj2
elikopta
helicopter
bin
pst
bajimap
bring:tr
lilbit
little.bit
daga,
food
maidi
maybe
tu,
two
thri
three
dei-s
day-pl
[...]
[...]
leita.
later
Some helicopters brought a little bit of food, maybe two [or] three days later.
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates constituent order in a transitive clause, and the order of quantifier and noun. Note the absence of plural marking on elikopta but presence of plural -s on deis.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998