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Example 23-19
[...] blong mekem sua se gavman hemi folem loa
oltaem
long ol wok blong hem.
[...]
[...]
blong
purp
mekem
make
sua
sure
se
comp
gavman
government
hemi
3sg
.
agr
folem
follow
loa
law
oltaem
all.time
long
loc
ol
pl
wok
work
blong
poss
hem.
3sg
[...] in order to ensure that the Government always obeys the law in its work.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Vanuatu Weekly Hebdomadaire, 20 June 1998
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
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