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Value Verb – object – adverb
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
References
Hudson 1985
Examples
Wi
yusdu
get haidin from wait men yuno,
oletaim.
Wi
1pl
yusdu
hab
get
get
haidin
hiding
from
from
wait
white
men
men
yuno,
you.know
oletaim.
always
We used to get a beating from the white people all the time.
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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