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Example 22-138
Lo bipo bipo tru, i
gat
wanpla ples ol kolim Timbunke.
Lo
prep
bipo
before
bipo
before
tru,
really
i
pm
gat
got
wan-pla
one-
mod
ples
village
ol
3pl
kolim
call.
tr
Timbunke.
Timbunke
A long long time ago, there was a village called Timbunke.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: Vanhs11\Gilbert\ws\m17\momas
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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