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Example 22-173
Em
no
harim toktok bilong bubu bilong em.
Em
3sg
no
neg
harim
hear
toktok
talk
bilong
poss
bubu
grandparent
bilong
poss
em.
3sg
She did not listen to her grandfather.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: EHP F12
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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