yalaalsoalaexclamationcome on!calls for focusing of attention. Often precedes a command, or used to jolt someone into getting on with something.Nyangka-tjananya watjarnu, ‘Yala! Makukurraala-ya purli 6-pa mantjila.’Then she said to them, ‘Come on! Run off and get six stones.’Ala, mirrka ngaa parntingu.Come on, this food has given off a smell (that it’s cooked).

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