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Example 22-42
Yupla kisim wanpela meri tu na yupela go?
yupla
2pl
kisim
get
wan-pela
one-
mod
meri
girl
tu
also
na
and
yupela
2pl
go?
go
Did you take a girl with you?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: Morobe F13
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Generic-noun-based indefinites
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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