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Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Instrumental expressions
References
Hudson 1985
: 73-75
;
Sandefur 1979
: 157-158
Examples
Dat krokadail bin hitim im garrim teil. Imin andimwei im.
Dat
dem
krokadail
crocodile
bin
pst
hit-im
hit-
tr
im
3sg
garrim
ins
teil.
tail
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
and-im-wei
hunt-
tr
-away
im.
3sg
The crocodile hit him with his tail and chased him away.
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 61
Orla gel en boi bin nakam-bat
jelp
garra kura, garra burluman kura.
Orla
pl
gel
girl
en
and
boi
boy
bin
pst
nak-am-bat
hit-
tr
-
prog
jelp
refl
garra
com
/
ins
kura,
dung
garra
com
/
ins
burluman
cattle
kura.
dung
The girls and boys were hitting each other with dung, with cattle dung.
See
Hudson 1985
: 48
Aim goin na got mai motika.
Aim
1sg
.be
go-in
go-
prog
na
now
got
com
/
ins
mai
1sg
.
poss
motika.
car
I’m going now with my car.
[...] kilimbat
gota
stik
[...]
[...]
kil-im-bat
hit-
tr
-
prog
gota
ins
stik
stick
[...] hitting him with a stick
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