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Example 4-84
Nownow a siki, a ná o man koti a goon gi i.
Nownow
now.now
a
he
siki,
sick
a
he
ná
neg
o
fut
man
able
koti
cut
a
det
.
sg
goon
field
gi
give
i.
you
Right now he is sick; he'll not be able to prepare the field for you.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 104
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Only dependent subject forms
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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