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Example 25-5
Dij kamel im likimbat bo dat kanggaru irrahol.
Dij
prox
kamel
camel
im
3sg
lik-im-bat
lick-
tr
-
prog
bo
dat
dat
dem
kanggaru
kangaroo
irrahol.
ear
This camel is licking the kangaroo's ear.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Younger Generation. This example illustrates the dative preposition
bo
which replaces
bla(nga)
for younger generation speakers in some varieties.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fieldwork Meakins
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately following the verb
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