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Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Order of adposition and noun phrase
References
Hudson 1985
: 70-73
;
Sandefur 1979
: 98, 143
Examples
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)
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
Yu go la im bla meit!
Yu
2sg
go
go
la
loc
im
3sg
bla
dat
/
poss
meit!
mate
Go to her as a mate! (i.e. as companion)
Imin la Ningbingi yet, afta imin go
la
Agail
then.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
la
loc
Ningbingi
Ningbingi
yet,
yet
afta
afterwards
im=in
3sg
=
pst
go
go
la
loc
Agail
Argyle
then.
then
He was in Ningbingi at that time, afterwards he went to Argyle.
Imin hitim mi garra im teil.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
hit-im
hit-
tr
mi
1sg
garra
com
/
ins
im
3sg
teil.
tail
He hit me with his tail.
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 61
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