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Example 22-16
Em i lukim wanpla lapun man em stap tasol na lo arere lo faia [...] na lapun man ia kirap na tok [...].
Em
3sg
i
pm
lukim
see
wanpla
one
lapun
old
man
man
em
3sg
stap
stay
tasol
only
na
and
lo
prep
arere
beside
lo
prep
faia
fire
[...]
[...]
na
and
lapun
old
man
man
ia
foc
kirap
start
na
and
tok
talk
[...].
[...]
He saw an old man alone beside the fire [...] and the old man (already mentioned) said [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 2002
: 154
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word follows noun
Expression of pronominal subjects: Obligatory pronoun words
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