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Example 25-80
Ai bin gowin skul
orlataim.
Afda tharran ai
orlas
kambek en abam dina en go pleibat garra orla kid.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
gow-in
go-
prog2
skul
school
orlataim.
always
Afda
after
tharran
dist
:
adj
ai
1sg
orlas
always
kam-bek
come-back
en
and
ab-am
have-
tr
dina
dinner
en
and
go
go
plei-bat
play-
prog
garra
com
/
ins
orla
pl
kid.
child
I used to go to school every day. After school I would come back and have dinner and then go and play with the children.
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley. This example illustrates the position of frequency adverbs in the clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hudson 1985
: 32
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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