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Example 22-2
Yu save raitim nem bilong yu?
Yu
2sg
save
know.how.to
rait-im
write-
tr
nem
name
bilong
poss
yu?
2sg
Do you know how to write your name?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dutton and Thomas 1985
: 89
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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