Example 42-147

eli ja tomá faka kotrá kandri
eli
3sg
ja
pfv
tomá
take
faka
knife
kotrá
cut
kandri
meat
She cut the meat with a knife.
Comment:
This construction is quite rare in Kristang. Informants accept this example with the reading given here. However, some informants feel that there are two clauses involved, with a sequence of actions. The normal way to express the instrumental is by means of an adposition: eli ja kotra aké kandri ku faka [3SG PFV cut that mean INS knife] 'She cut the meat with a knife.'
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Baxter 1988: 212