Example 26-109

ma gɹænmaɾa tɔl as dæt wɛn da leɪdi wɛn ʃi keɪm bæk ʃi kɹaɪkɹakɹa kɔs ʃi tɔl ma gɹænmaɾa wɛn ʃi wɛn tu ɾa biʧ ʃi wɛn hɛmoɹɛʤ
ma
1sg.poss
gɹænmaɾa
grandmother
tɔl
told
as
1pl
dæt
comp
wɛn
when
da
art
leɪdi
lady
wɛn
when
ʃi
3sg
keɪm
came
bæk
back
ʃi
3sg
kɹaɪ-kɹa-kɹa
cry-intens-intens
kɔs
because
ʃi
3sg
tɔl
tol
ma
1sg.poss
gɹænmaɾa
grandmother
wɛn
when
ʃi
3sg
wɛn
went
tu
to
ɾa
art
biʧ
beach
ʃi
3sg
wɛn
pst.pfv
hɛmoɹɛʤ
haemorrhage
My grandmother told us that when the lady, when she came back she cried so much, because she told my grandmother that when she went to the beach she haemorrhaged.
Comment:
INTENS = intensive; note that this is not reduplication, but simply a non-grammaticalized repetition that is sometimes used to indicate intensification (see also Velupillai 2003b).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003: 103