Value Onsets at most moderately complex

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Syllable onsets
References
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982

Examples

  1. Ai wana go tharrei pleibat kad.
    Ai
    1sg
    wana
    want
    go
    go
    tharr-ei
    dist-dir
    plei-bat
    play-prog
    kad.
    card
    I want to go over there to play cards.
  2. E. ken tel yu thet stori tu.
    E.
    E.
    ken
    can
    tel
    tell
    yu
    2sg
    thet
    dem
    stori
    story
    tu.
    too
    E. can tell you that story too! OR: E. too can tell you that story.
  3. krokadail; trai; brij; brom
    krokadail;
    crocodile
    trai;
    try
    brij;
    bridge
    brom
    from
    crocodile; try; bridge; from
  4. blanga
    blanga
    dat/poss
    for
  5. stori/tori; streit/treit; stilimbat/tilimbat
    stori/tori;
    story
    streit/treit;
    straight
    stil-im-bat/til-im-bat
    steal-tr-prog/steal-tr-prog
    story; straight; stealing

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61. 63

  6. kwait
    kwait
    quiet
    quiet
  7. En beibi bin oldei bon treit.
    En
    and
    beibi
    baby
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always
    bon
    born
    treit.
    straight
    And babies used to be born straight. (i.e. with straight bones)
  8. Orla kid bin tjakam ston.
    Orla
    pl
    kid
    child
    bin
    pst
    tjak-am
    chuck-tr
    ston.
    stone
    The children threw stones.

    See Hudson 1985: 37