Value Relative particle and resumptive pronoun

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Subject relative clauses
References
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 57

Examples

  1. Dumaji ai bin askimbat kwestyin la thad munanga na weya alabat wek jeya.
    Dumaji
    because
    ai
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    ask-im-bat
    ask-tr-prog
    kwestyin
    question
    la
    loc
    thad
    dem
    munanga
    non.Aboriginal
    na
    now
    weya
    subord
    alabat
    3pl
    wek
    work
    jeya.
    there
    Because I was questioning the non-Aboriginals who are working there.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  2. Thet min bos bla mibala. [...] Thet fo mibala bos. [...] Gunjumarra min bla mibala bos wanim tijing as yuno? [...] Mai big bos [...] Au bos wanim tijing as.
    Thet
    dem
    min
    mean
    bos
    boss
    bla
    dat/poss
    mibala.
    1pl.excl
    [...]
    [...]
    Thet
    dem
    fo
    dat/poss
    mibala
    1pl.excl
    bos.
    boss
    [...]
    [...]
    Gunjumarra
    boss
    min
    mean
    bla
    dat/poss
    mibala
    1pl.excl
    bos
    boss
    wan=im
    subord=3sg
    tij-ing
    teach-prog2
    as
    1pl.excl.obj
    yuno?
    you.know
    [...]
    [...]
    Mai
    1sg.poss
    big
    big
    bos
    boss
    [...]
    [...]
    Au
    1pl.excl.poss
    bos
    boss
    wan=im
    subord=3sg
    tij-ing
    teach-prog2
    as.
    1pl.excl.obj
    (That means) our boss/teacher, that's our boss, gunjumarra means our boss who is teaching us you know? [...] My big boss [...] Our boss who is teaching us.
  3. Wot thet lijad we im jidan?
    Wot
    what
    thet
    dem
    lijad
    lizard
    we
    subord
    im
    3sg
    jidan?
    sit
    What's the lizard that stays?
  4. Thei bin oldei faindim, thet [...] goana, we imin oldei klaimap.
    Thei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always
    faind-im,
    find-tr
    thet
    dem
    [...]
    [...]
    goana,
    goanna
    we
    subord
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    oldei
    always
    klaim-ap.
    climb-up
    They used to find the [...] goanna when it used to climb up. OR: They used to find any goanna that climbed up.
  5. Imin daib rait la jat krokadail wea imin nesimbat dat faiya.
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    daib
    dive
    rait
    right
    la
    loc
    jat
    dem
    krokadail
    crocodile
    wea
    subord
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    nes-im-bat
    nurse-tr-prog
    dat
    dem
    faiya.
    fire
    It dove right to the crocodile which was looking after the fire.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61