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Example 23-24
hem
i no save se woman blong hem i bon finis
hem
3sg
i
agr
no
neg
save
know
se
comp
woman
woman
blong
poss
hem
3sg
i
agr
bon
burn
finis
compl
He didn't know that his wife had (by that time) already been burnt.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: No gender distinctions
Savvy: A savvy word exists
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