Autobenefactive C

‘She showed the fish to the teacher / to him.’

‘He showed the two of them one coconut.’

‘I cut (up) the animal meat.’

‘I am cutting the meat with a knife.’

‘The girl dressed the child.’

‘The girl washed the child yesterday.’

‘You two cook food on the fire!’

‘I'm teaching her my language.’

‘He can hear the sound of a flute.’

‘The man built a paperbark house.’

‘The boys are tying up Kamgo's fence.’

‘The child ate the yam.’

‘The man covered the child with the mat.’

‘I filled the cup with water.’

‘I'm tying up both his hands.’

‘He poured the water out of the cup.’

‘I threw the stone inside, through the window.’

‘I threw a stone at the goanna and hit it.’

‘I threw a stone at the goanna and missed.’

‘I brought/carried the book to the teacher.’

‘I brought it for you.’

‘He's trying to carry all those yams.’

‘Bring the child to me!’

‘I send the money to my brother.’

‘I sent him (a letter).’

‘I sent him away (for being bad).’

‘She gave me a fish.’

‘She gave the teacher the fish (and it reached him).’

‘I gave the two men a fish.’

‘The child got/took the fish from his mother.’

‘The boy stole a man's food.’

‘In that village people steal each other's food.’

‘We hid the sacred stones from the foreigners / for fear of the foreigners.’

‘He was about to steal/hide the food.’

‘He tore the handle from the bag.’

‘I wiped the mud off the mat.’

‘The boy touched the snake with a stick.’

‘I'm touching him.’

‘The child hit/beat the snake with a stick.’

‘This is the man who killed the snake.’

‘The boy killed the snake.’

‘I broke a step of the ladder.’

‘I didn't say anything to the girl.’

‘Shout out to Blag for fish!’

‘You shout out to Blag because of the fish!’

‘Shout at Blag (e.g. not to do something)!’

‘He told (me) a story.’

‘Ask Blag for a fish!’

‘I told him to go.’

‘He told me to go inside.’

‘The man knows that boy.’

‘I saw him yesterday.’

‘You saw us yesterday.’

‘That man is going to frighten the crocodile.’

‘I went out hunting last night, but didn't find anything.’

‘I was thinking of something last year (it took me a long time to figure it out).’

‘I'll think of you tomorrow.’

‘The boy likes/loves the girl.’

‘That boy likes singing.’

‘I looked for the key in vain.’

‘The man looked in vain for his lost son.’

‘The man secretly met the girl in the forest path.’

‘The man followed the girl.’

‘I helped the old man climb the ladder.’

‘I tied two ropes.’

‘I broke the coconut open.’

‘The man coughed.’

‘You two are telling me this story.’

‘The man climbed the ladder (ascended by means of the ladder).’

‘The man sat (down) on the mat yesterday.’

‘He was sitting on the mat (not long ago).’

‘The boy lived in the village.’

‘I ran all the way to Dimsisi village.’

‘I jumped onto the fence.’

‘The children were playing, jumping.’

‘The boy sang a song yesterday.’

‘Yesterday a boy appeared on the road.’

‘Yesterday a cassowary suddenly appeared and passed to the other side of the road.’

‘If a taipan bites you, you will die.’

‘In 2006 Wena fell down to the ground from up in a two-leaf tree.’

‘Rain is falling, making a swishing noise.’

‘Binzawa named his child / passed on his name to his child.’

‘I am hungry.’

‘The papers are dry inside the bag.’

‘My whole body is feeling sick.’

‘I feel sad.’

‘The water is boiling.’

‘Two pieces of charcoal are burning.’

‘The fire flared up; it's caught fire.’

‘He told me to cook the food.’

‘The baby is crying.’

‘I cry.’

‘The two of us dug the ground.’

‘I'm feeling frightened.’

‘Magdalen's little girl felt really cold inside the baby sling.’

‘The pains in my hand are hurting my whole body.’

‘I'm going to the savannah to burn off.’

‘We two are laughing.’

‘He's left/divorced his wife.’

‘I've left my wife.’

‘God made the earth.’

‘She / the two of them are scraping the skin off the yam.’

‘The two children are playing.’

‘We (two) pushed the log aside.’

‘He put the cassava inside a black palm container.’

‘I got this bag from my aunty.’

‘We (two) rolled the log aside.’

‘That man is sitting.’

‘I smell you.’

‘He wants to stand up.’

‘He wants to stand up.’

‘I loaded you up.’

‘Ḡma is loading the yams for/onto Ywal (i.e. into her yam-basket).’

‘You’ve loaded the canoe up completely (with enough).’

‘I am scraping the cassava.’

‘I hugged her.’

‘The child is calling out.’

‘You will shave me.’

‘The canoe sank (with the heavy people).’

‘I accidentally met my enemy on a bush track.’

‘I'm about to cover myself.’