Example 25-93

Hi got rul yet, mai matha.
Hi
3sg
got
have
rul
rule
yet,
yet/still
mai
1sg.poss
matha.
mother
She still keeps the traditions, my mother.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the transitive possessive verb and the fact that the 3rd person singular pronoun is unmarked for gender.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt