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Example 72-83
Karntingku turrp im futta
lungkarrak
.
Karnti-ngku
stick-
erg
turrp
poke
im
3sg
fut-ta
foot-
loc
lungkarra-k.
cry-
inc
He trod on a stick, which made him cry. (lit: The stick pokes him in the foot and makes him cry.)
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 392
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: No inchoative meaning with aspect markers
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