anu REL examples
aclynes at ubd.edu.bn
aclynes at ubd.edu.bn
Tue Mar 7 07:41:39 UTC 2000
My belated thanks to all those who have sent information about 'anu' as a
relative clause marker. Perhaps 'there's quite a bit of it about'.
I mistakenly thought the request for examples from Brunei Malay was sent to
me directly, so didn't post any to the list. Here are some:
1. sudah jua abis ba-karaja-kan anu kita suruh atu
already too finish VBL-work-APP anu 2POL order DEM
'What you ordered has been done'
2. manyaut lah anu mambawa kadidia. "kadikau,"
maN-saut PART anu bring 3 2SG
And the one who brought him replied, "You", he said.
3. jadi liat ulih bini-nya kayu anu ber-harga bah
so see by wife-3 wood anu ber-price (StandardMalay) PART
So it was seen by his wife, the wood which was valuable
Adrian Clynes
Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
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