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Value Adverb – verb – object
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
References
Hudson 1985
Examples
Jamtaim
wi tok lengguij jirrama.
Jamtaim
sometimes
wi
1pl
.
excl
tok
speak
lengguij
language
jirrama.
two
Sometimes we speak two languages.
Ai bin
oldei
lisen mai olmen.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
oldei
always/
hab
lisen
listen
mai
1sg
:
poss
olmen.
old.man
I always/habitually listened to my old man (i.e. father).
Gardiya bin oldei ringim thet bel.
Gardiya
white.person
bin
pst
oldei
always/
hab
ring-im
ring-
tr
thet
dem
bel.
bell
A white person used to ring a bell every day. (context: work on the cattle stations, when speaker was young).
Ai bin gowin skul
orlataim.
Afda tharran ai
orlas
kambek en abam dina en go pleibat garra orla kid.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
gow-in
go-
prog2
skul
school
orlataim.
always
Afda
after
tharran
dist
:
adj
ai
1sg
orlas
always
kam-bek
come-back
en
and
ab-am
have-
tr
dina
dinner
en
and
go
go
plei-bat
play-
prog
garra
com
/
ins
orla
pl
kid.
child
I used to go to school every day. After school I would come back and have dinner and then go and play with the children.
See
Hudson 1985
: 32
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