Example 25-87

Wanim dea yu gugumbat?
Wanim
what
dea
there
yu
2sg
gug-um-bat?
cook-tr-prog
What are you cooking there?
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Roper River. The example illustrates an information question with clause-initial interrogative.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 65