Value Dual form in all three persons

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Dual in independent personal pronouns
References
Hudson 1985: 43; Munro 2004: 123

Examples

  1. Minyu jidan.
    Minyu
    1du.incl
    jidan.
    sit.down
    Let's sit down (you and me).
  2. Imin lagijat la mi en a - mindubala bin agamen na.
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    lagijat
    like.that
    la
    loc
    mi
    1sg
    en
    and
    a
    [false_start]
    -
    -
    mindubala
    1du.excl
    bin
    pst
    agamen
    argue
    na.
    now
    He went like that (i.e. said that) to me – we two had an argument then.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 65

  3. Dubala bin nomo laigim bolorrimap langa mibala.
    Dubala
    3du
    bin
    pst
    nomo
    neg
    laig-im
    like-tr
    bolor-im-ap
    follow-tr-up
    langa
    loc
    mibala.
    1pl
    The two didn't want to follow us.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 63

  4. Thad wanim na, jei gula dubala, Y. en J. [...] J. dubala.
    Thad
    dem
    wanim
    what's.it
    na,
    now
    jei
    3pl
    gula
    call
    dubala,
    3du
    Y.
    Y.
    en
    and
    J.
    J.
    [...]
    [...]
    J.
    J.
    dubala.
    two
    What's-their-name, they call the two, Y. and J., [...] J. and his brother.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  5. Det R. en J., yu sabe dubala?
    Det
    dem
    R.
    R.
    en
    and
    J.,
    J.
    yu
    2sg
    sabe
    know
    dubala?
    3du
    R. and J., do you know the two?

    See Nicholls 2006: 3

  6. Dijan langa Leguna tubala bin tokin.
    Dijan
    prox:adj
    langa
    loc
    Leguna
    Legune
    tubala
    3du
    bin
    pst
    tok-in.
    talk-prog2
    It was at Legune that the two were talking.
  7. Mindubala Namij kolim dardaga.
    Mindubala
    1du.excl
    Namij
    Namij
    kol-im
    call-tr
    dardaga.
    plant.species
    Namij and I (in our language, Ngarinyman) call it dardaga (an edible plant).
  8. Yundubala goawei!
    Yundubala
    2du
    go-awei!
    go-away
    You two go away!
  9. Thet the mindubala lengwij na wi toking la yu dijey taka.
    Thet
    dem
    the
    eq.cop
    mindubala
    1du.excl
    lengwij
    language
    na
    now
    wi
    1pl
    tok-ing
    talk-prog2
    la
    loc
    yu
    2sg
    dij-ey
    prox-way
    taka.
    plant.food
    It's OUR language that we're speaking to you [when giving you the word for] this edible plant.
  10. Wot kain yunmi gona toktok?
    Wot
    what
    kain
    kind
    yunmi
    1du.incl
    gona
    fut
    tok~tok?
    red.talk
    What (i.e. which language) are we going to speak?