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Example 22-187
Em karai nau, ai wara bilong em ran olsem wara.
Em
3sg
karai
cry
nau,
now
ai
eye
wara
water
bilong
poss
em
3sg
ran
run
olsem
like
wara.
water
She cried and her tears flowed like water.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: WSP F15
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Bimorphemic
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