Value No person syncretism

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns
References
Hudson 1985: 43-45; Munro 2004: 123

Examples

  1. 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.
  2. Wel imin git kwait na.
    Wel
    well
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    git
    get
    kwait
    quiet
    na.
    now
    Well, he became quiet then.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 65

  3. Ai nomo bin jabi yu bin go, Nangari.
    Ai
    1sg
    nomo
    neg
    bin
    pst
    jabi
    know
    yu
    2sg
    bin
    pst
    go,
    go
    Nangari.
    Nangari
    I didn’t know that you went away, Nangari.
  4. Im rait la yubala, not langa mi.
    Im
    3sg
    rait
    right
    la
    loc
    yubala,
    2pl
    not
    neg
    langa
    loc
    mi.
    1sg.obl
    It maybe all right for you (PL), but not for me. (Referring to sitting in the cold)
  5. Tubala bait wan anatha.
    Tubala
    3du
    bait
    bite
    wan
    one
    anatha.
    another.
    The two (dogs) bite each other.
  6. Olabat nomo sabi slip.
    Olabat
    3pl
    nomo
    neg
    sabi
    know
    slip.
    sleep
    They don't [know how to] sleep. (Referring to young people who are making noise in the night)
  7. Yu nomo washim bla mi kloth.
    Yu
    2sg
    nomo
    neg
    wash-im
    wash-tr
    bla
    dat/poss
    mi
    1sg
    kloth.
    clothes
    You never wash my clothes for me. (uttered as a complaint)
  8. Dei bin ol luginat la im.
    Dei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    ol
    all
    lug-in-at
    look-prog-at
    la
    loc
    im.
    3sg
    They all looked at him.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  9. Juwud [...] mibala kolim mangarra dijan, juwud.
    Juwud
    eye/seed
    [...]
    [...]
    mibala
    1pl.excl
    kol-im
    call-tr
    mangarra
    plant_food
    dijan,
    prox:adj
    juwud.
    eye/seed
    "Seed“ [...] we call this edible plant (part), "seed“.
  10. Thei bin oldei faindim, thet [...] goana, we imin oldei klaimap.
    Thei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always
    faind-im,
    find-tr
    thet
    dem
    [...]
    [...]
    goana,
    goanna
    we
    subord
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always
    klaim-ap.
    climb-up
    They used to find the [...] goanna when it used to climb up. OR: They used to find any goanna that climbed up.
  11. Jamtaim wi tok lengguij jirrama.
    Jamtaim
    sometimes
    wi
    1pl.excl
    tok
    speak
    lengguij
    language
    jirrama.
    two
    Sometimes we speak two languages.
  12. 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).
  13. Yundubala goawei!
    Yundubala
    2du
    go-awei!
    go-away
    You two go away!