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Example 72-2
An kengkaru i bin kilim kurrupartuyawung dat karungku.
An
and
kengkaru
kangaroo
i
3sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
kil-im
hit-
tr
kurrupartu-yawung
boomerang-
com
dat
the
karu-ngku.
child-
erg
And it was the kangaroo that the kid hit with a boomerang.
Comment:
The pronoun-verb order is SVO; however, the nominal-verb order is OVS. The -COM refers to a comitative marker to be interpreted as 'with' or 'having'.
Type:
peer elicitation
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 283
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
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