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Example 22-127
Tupela boi
na
tripela boi mekim faivpela.
Tupela
two
boi
boy
na
and
tripela
three
boi
boy
mekim
make
faivpela.
five
Two boys and three boys are five boys.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Mihalic 1971
: 138
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity, overtly expressed
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