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Example 23-146
oli sanem toktok
we
mi no wantem
oli
agr
sanem
send
tok~tok
talk~talk
we
comp
mi
1sg
no
neg
wantem
want
They sent word that I was unhappy about. (lit: They sent word that I did not want [to hear].)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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