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Example 22-157
Pikinini bikpla na ol maretim ol yet, na ol i stap.
Pikinini
child
bik-pla
big-
mod
na
and
ol
3pl
maret-im
marry-
tr
ol
3pl
yet,
foc
na
and
ol
3pl
i
pm
stap.
stay
The children grew big and married each other and stayed there.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: Madang F13
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Reciprocal construction identical to reflexive
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