Examples
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Andare ruumanang asàpii biininang subiilang "puthrinang kuuping aràdinggar kuurang" katha.
Andare
Andare
ruuma=nang
house=dat
asà-pii
cp-go
biini=nang
wife=dat
su-biilang
past-say
puthri=nang
queen=dat
kuuping
ear
arà-dinggar
nonpast-hear
kuurang
little
katha
quot
‘After Andare went to his house, he told his wife: The queen hears little with her ears. / Andare went home and told his wife that the queen did not hear very well.’
Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types
# | HEAR | Coding set | Argument type |
---|---|---|---|
1 | hearer | NP-dat | X |
2 | heard sound | NP-acc | X |