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Example 23-119
[...] from mama blong hem i no wantem
mo
ol nes oli bisi tumas
[...]
[...]
from
because
mama
mother
blong
poss
hem
3sg
i
agr
no
neg
wantem
want
mo
and
ol
pl
nes
nurse
oli
agr
bisi
busy
tumas
very
[...] because her mother didn't want her and the nurses were very busy.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity and differentiation
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