Value Inclusive and exclusive differentiated

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns
References
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 2

Examples

  1. 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

  2. Wen wi bin langa Carlton, en Missis bin oldei givit mibala boksis.
    Wen
    when
    wi
    1pl.excl
    bin
    pst
    langa
    loc
    Carlton,
    Carlton
    en
    and
    Missis
    Missis
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always
    giv-it
    give-tr
    mibala
    1pl.excl
    boks-is.
    box-pl
    When we were [working] on Carlton Station, and the Missus used to give us boxes. (with matches, to burn the grass)
  3. Yunmi labda go bek la im.
    Yunmi
    1du.incl
    labda
    oblig
    go
    go
    bek
    back
    la
    loc
    im.
    3sg
    You and I should go back to/for her.
  4. Mibala yujdu idimbat la bush.
    Mibala
    1pl
    yujdu
    hab
    id-im-bat
    eat-tr-prog
    la
    loc
    bush.
    bush
    We used to eat it in the bush.
  5. [...] en mibala bin gowin na. Wi bin gowin insaid an jat men bin brejim batn bla mibala. Imin - mibalan godan, godan yilif. Godan yilif, pulap langa midl, apwei. Mela bin lukaran. Wi bin luk jarrawei an wi bin luk dijei.
    [...]
    [...]
    en
    and
    mibala
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    gow-in
    go-in
    na.
    now
    Wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    gow-in
    go-in
    insaid
    inside
    an
    and
    jat
    dem
    men
    man
    bin
    pst
    brej-im
    press-tr
    batn
    button
    bla
    dat/poss
    mibala.
    1pl
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    -
     
    mibala=n
    1pl=pst
    godan,
    go-down
    go-dan
    go-down
    yilif.
    lift
    Go-dan
    go-down
    yilif,
    lift
    pul-ap
    pull-up
    langa
    loc
    midl,
    middle
    apwei.
    halfway
    Mela
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    luk-aran.
    look-around
    Wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    luk
    look
    jarra-wei
    dist-dir
    an
    and
    wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    luk
    look
    dij-ei.
    prox-dir
    [...] and we went in. We went inside and the man there pressed a button for us and we went down. We went down in the lift and we stopped half way down. We looked around. We looked this way and that way.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 81

  6. 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.
  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).