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Example 69-44
ama tupwi tumbukun anak
ama
1sg
tupwi
sago
tumbuk-un
wash-
fut
anak
aux
I'll wash sago.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only animate patient NPs are marked
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
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