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Example 40-7
Pradhan ya tumo doy soldad su kosid ani yaho də alde.
Pradhan
minister
ya
pst
tumo
take.
pst
doy
two
soldad
soldier
su
poss
kosid
with
ani
and
yaho
went
də
loc
alde.
village
The minister took two soldiers with him, and went to the village.
Comment:
kosid
is used as a postposition and
də
as a preposition.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Clements 2007
: 171
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Postpositions
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
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