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Example 22-186
Papa na mama save go long gaden.
Papa
father
na
and
mama
mother
save
hab
go
go
long
prep
gaden.
garden
The parents would go to the garden.
Comment:
Save
, usually shortened to
sa,
is very widely used as a habitual marker before verbs.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: Male, 18, East New Britain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Savvy: A savvy word exists
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