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Value Obligatory pronoun words
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Expression of pronominal subjects
Examples
Im
no
bin ladim
enibodi
tatjim dat faiya bla im en imin oldei nesimbat tu dat faiya.
Im
3sg
no
neg
bin
pst
lad-im
let-
tr
enibodi
anybody
tatj-im
touch-
tr
dat
dem
faiya
fire
bla
dat
/
poss
im
3sg
en
and
im=in
3sg
=
pst
oldei
always
nes-im-bat
nurse-
tr
-
prog
tu
too
dat
dem
faiya.
fire
He wouldn't let anybody touch his fire. He always kept it with him.
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 61
Ai bin ranbek
garra biliken
en ai bin bilimap olda eig.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
ran-bek
run-back
garra
com
/
ins
biliken
billycan
en
and
ai
1sg
bin
pst
bil-im-ap
fill-
tr
-up
olda
pl
eig.
egg
I ran back with the billycan and I filled it up with the eggs.
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
Im getin la hol en i jatimap
mijelb.
Im
3sg
getin
get.in
la
loc
hol
hole
en
and
i
3sg
jat-im-ap
shut-
tr
-up
mijelb.
refl
It gets into the hole and buries itself. (Referring to a goanna, a large reptile highly sought after for meat).
En ai maitbi digimba::t, aim fraiten yuno en ai kan pulem la leg en kilem.
En
and
ai
1sg
maitbi
maybe
dig-im-bat,
dig-
tr
-
prog
aim
1sg
:be.
prs
fraiten
frightened
yuno
you.know
en
and
ai
1sg
kan
can.
neg
pul-em
pull-
tr
la
loc
leg
leg
en
and
kil-em.
kill-
tr
And I may be digging, I’m frightened and can’t pull it by the leg and kill it (a goanna).
Imin kamap
en
imin lagijat
en
imin askim mi na [...].
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
kamap
come
en
and
im=in
3sg
=
pst
lagijat
like.that
en
and
im=in
3sg
=
pst
ask-im
ask-
tr
mi
1sg
na
now
[...].
[...]
He came and went like that and asked me [...].
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
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