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Example 22-169
Mi laik go kamap olsem heavy diesel fitter.
Mi
1sg
laik
like
go
go
kamap
arrive
olsem
thus
heavy
heavy
diesel
diesel
fitter.
fitter
I would like to be a heavy diesel fitter.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: SHP M15
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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