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Example 25-97
Yundubala
goawei!
Yundubala
2du
go-awei!
go-away
You two go away!
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a 2nd person dual pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: Dual form in all three persons
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
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