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Example 22-21
Dedi blo mi bin lukim wanpla krokodail we em i traim lo atekim mipla.
Dedi
father
blo
poss
mi
1sg
bin
pst
luk-im
see-
tr
wan-pla
one-
mod
krokodail
crocodile
we
rel
em
3sg
i
pm
traim
try
lo
to
atek-im
attack-
tr
mipla.
1pl
.
excl
My father saw a crocodile which tried to attack us.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 2002
: 153
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
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