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Example 23-171
Plante i serem tears from hemi no save stap blong luk hard wok blong hem.
Plante
plenty
i
agr
serem
share
tears
tears
from
because
hemi
3sg
.
agr
no
neg
save
can
stap
stay
blong
purp
luk
look
hard
hard
wok
work
blong
poss
hem.
3sg
Many people shared a tear because he could not be there to see his hard work (completed).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Vanuatu Weekly Hebdomadaire, 20 June 1998
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
'Tears': Monomorphemic
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