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Jaminjung (Both Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru varieties), Example 111
Ngiyagun jirrman gayu, ngarla Port-Keatsmalang larrman gayu.
ngiya=gun
PROX=CONTR
jirrman
moist
ga-yu
3SG.S-be.PRS
ngarla
CNTRF
Port-Keats=malang
Port-Keats=GIVEN
larrman
dry
ga-yu
3SG.S-be.PRS
Here (the country) is moist, but in Port Keats it is dry.
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Source:
Schultze-Berndt nd
Language
:
Jaminjung (Both Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru varieties)
Verb forms
:
BE DRY [be-dry]: larrman gagba
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