Value Two compound expressions

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Interrogative pronouns
References
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 1

Examples

  1. Yu no wijei im go.
    Yu
    2sg
    no
    know
    wij-ei
    which-dir
    im
    3sg
    go.
    go
    You know where he goes.
  2. Burrum weya yundubala bin kaman?
    Burrum
    from
    weya
    where
    yundubala
    2du
    bin
    pst
    kaman?
    come
    From where did you two come?

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 9

  3. Wijey im na?
    Wijey
    how
    im
    3sg
    na?
    now
    How does it go now? (Context: speaker wondering how to continue her story).
  4. Blanga hu jadan waya?
    Blanga
    dat/poss
    hu
    who
    jadan
    dist:adj
    waya?
    wire/spear
    Whose is that fishing spear?

    See Sandefur 1979: 98

  5. Hu dijan im kaminap? – Rong pleis im go jet gardiya!
    Hu
    who
    dijan
    prox:adj
    im
    3sg
    kam-in-ap?
    come-prog2-up
    –
    –
    Rong
    wrong
    pleis
    place
    im
    3sg
    go
    go
    jet
    dem
    gardiya!
    non.Aboriginal
    Who's this coming? – He's going to the wrong place, the white person!
  6. Wotaim yu gota go hom [...] kantri?
    Wotaim
    when
    yu
    2sg
    gota
    fut/oblig
    go
    go
    hom
    home
    [...]
    [...]
    kantri?
    country
    When will you go home to [your] country?
  7. We yu go, wijei jed pleis?
    We
    where
    yu
    3sg
    go,
    go
    wij-ei
    which-dir
    jed
    dem
    pleis?
    place
    Where do you go, which way is that place?
  8. Bikos wi bin kamap wotaim? – Maidi ten aklak iya, im maidi leven aklak.
    Bikos
    because
    wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    kamap
    come
    wotaim?
    when
    –
    –
    Maidi
    maybe
    ten
    ten
    aklak
    o'clock
    iya,
    here
    im
    3sg
    maidi
    maybe
    leven
    eleven
    aklak.
    o'clock
    Because we arrived when? – Maybe [around] 10 o'clock here, it might be 11 o'clock.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  9. Hau wi bin go? – Bas maidi.
    Hau
    how
    wi
    1pl.excl
    bin
    pst
    go?
    go
    –
    –
    Bas
    bus
    maidi.
    maybe
    How did we go? – Maybe (by) bus.

    See Angelo et al. 1998