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Example 22-110
I luk olsem bai yumi olgeta yumi mas go bek long wan wan ples bilong yumi.
I
pm
luk
look
olsem
comp
bai
fut
yumi
1pl
.
incl
olgeta
all
yumi
1pl
.
incl
mas
must
go
go
bek
back
long
prep
wan
one
wan
one
ples
village
bilong
poss
yumi.
1pl
.
incl
It looks as though we will have to go back to our villages.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: 15 year old female from Manus
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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