Example 72-73

I bin til faindim nyanuny Mummy na dat yapakayingku.
I
3sg.sbj
bin
pst
til
still
faind-im
find-tr
nyanuny
3sg.dat
Mummy
mother
na
foc
dat
the
yapakayi-ngku.
small-erg
It still found its mother, the little one did.
Comment:
The particle til intervenes between the tense marker and the verb. Til is considered lexical.
Type:
peer elicitation
Source:
Meakins 2003-2006