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Example 23-169
tanna man no save work [...] he too much lazy
tanna
Tanna
man
man
no
neg
save
can
work
work
[...]
[...]
he
3sg
too
too
much
much
lazy
lazy
Tanna men can't work [...] they're too lazy.
Comment:
This example was collected by Terry Crowley.
Type:
historical representation of speech
Source:
McFarlane 1873
: 106
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Savvy: A savvy word exists
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