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Example 22-44
Displa pik em i bin sae kaikaim ol man.
Displa
this
pik
pig
em
3sg
i
pm
bin
pst
sae
hab
kaikai-m
bite-
tr
ol
pl
man
man
This pig used to bite people.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: Keravat5\Gibson\enb\m18\islan
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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