Example 22-164

Em tok olsem mi mas skul na kisim gutpela save.
Em
3sg
tok
talk
olsem
like
mi
1sg
mas
must
skul
school
na
and
kisim
get
gut-pela
good-mod
save.
knowledge
He said I must go to school and acquire good knowledge.
Comment:
The normal complementizer is olsem from English all the same. However, in rapid speech this may be reduced to a form which fortuitously is identical to se.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd: 15 year old boy, West Sepik