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English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
they are sleeping/lying down |
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
ga-bidi-yow (W) ga-badi-yow (Kdj)
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Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
kabirri- 'they (3+) non-past tense verbal pronoun prefix'
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Notes (Njalenjale) |
There is a narrower verb to sleep -kodjkeyo (or just -keyo) which in Kuninjku and Kune (Maningrida) is -kodjdjeyo. The verb -yo is frequently used with the sense 'to be' as in some of the examples below. Note that the verb -yo is a final form in other verbs such as the following: -boboyo 'lie on one's stomach'
Verbs take different forms when the tense, aspect or mood changes (there's no space here to explain what aspect and mood are, but you can do your own online research): COMMAND:
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Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
Manme kayo?
A: Nawamud baleh wam?
B: Kayo.
Konda yawurrinj kabirriyo.
Nahni kabeneyo.
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Date (Balekeno) |
19 Oct 2012 |