Example 7-191

I pook i hed in a jakspanya nes.
I
3sg
pook
poke
i
3sg.poss
hed
head
in
in
a
indf
jak-spanya
jack-spaniard
nes.
nest
It poked its head in a jack-spaniard nest.
Comment:
‘It’ refers to a monkey. This example shows in combined with a transitive motion verb. In and ina are clearly variants.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004: A20