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Example 72-30
An
wijantu
makin nyilangka? Ngayungku!
An
and
wijan-tu
who-
erg
makin
sleep
nyila-ngka?
that-
loc
Ngayu-ngku!
me-
erg
And who sleeps there? Me!
Comment:
In this example, the emphatic pronoun
ngayu
must be used in response to the question. The speaker cannot use the corresponding dependent pronoun
ai
or
mi
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 307
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Dependent subject and object forms
Interrogative pronouns: Three compound expressions
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