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Example 22-165
Na ol kirap tok, bai ol wokim pati blo mitupla.
Na
and
ol
3pl
kirap
start
tok
talk
bai
fut
ol
3pl
wok-im
work-
tr
pati
party
blo
for
mitupla.
1du
.
excl
And they said they would make a party for the two of us.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: 17 year old girl, Eastern Highlands
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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