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Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative
References
Sandefur 1979
: 157-158
Examples
Imin gaman
gadim
im lambarra.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
gaman
come
gadim
com
/
ins
im
3sg
lambarra.
father.in.law
He came with his father-in-law.
See
Sandefur 1979
: 158
Nomo
gota
meit=gun im jidanabat [...] olgaman G.
Nomo
neg
gota
com
meit=gun
mate=
contr
im
3sg
jidan-abat
sit-
prog
[...]
[...]
olgaman
old.woman
G.
G.
Without any companion she's sitting there, old lady G.
Wan wi bin kid
mi en he.
Wan
temp
wi
1pl
bin
pst
kid
child
mi
1sg
en
and
he.
3sg
.
f
When we were children, me and her.
Det
R. en J.
, yu sabe dubala?
Det
dem
R.
R.
en
and
J.,
J.
yu
2sg
sabe
know
dubala?
3du
R. and J., do you know the two?
See
Nicholls 2006
: 3
Wal imin ruwinim wanbala hawus ba wan olgumen,
ol K. na en im asbin.
Wal
well
im=in
3sg
=
pst
ruwin-im
ruin-
tr
wan-bala
one-
adj2
hawus
house
ba
dat
/
poss
wan
one
olgumen,
woman
ol
old
K.
K.
na
now
en
and
im
3sg
asbin.
husband
Well it (the flood) ruined one woman's house, old K('s) and her husband('s).
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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