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Example 40-5
Ye makak rhib jambler [...] kume-n fres, fres jamblãw [...].
Ye
dem
makak
monkey
rhib
on
jambler
blackberry.tree
[...]
[...]
kume-n
eat-
prog
fres,
fresh
fres
fresh
jamblãw
blackberries
[...].
[...]
This monkey on the blackberry tree [...] is eating very fresh blackberries [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Clements 2007
: 167
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
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