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Example 25-73
Tubala bin go kamat
la wanbala wodahol.
Tubala
3du
bin
pst
go
go
kamat
come
la
loc
wan-bala
one-
adj2
wodahol.
waterhole.
The two went and came to a (specific) waterhole.
Comment:
Variety: Written Roper River. This example illustrates the "specific indefinite" reading of the numeral 'one' and a serial verb construction with 'go'.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Galmurr and Willika 1996
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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