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Example 23-25
sapos haos kapa blong yumi i muv [...] kijin blong hem i kam long saed
sapos
if
haos
house
kapa
copper
blong
poss
yumi
1pl
.
incl
i
agr
muv
move
[...]
[...]
kijin
kitchen
blong
poss
hem
3sg
i
agr
kam
come
long
loc
saed
side
If our house with the iron roof moves (down here) [...] its kitchen (could) come on the side.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: No gender distinctions
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: Inclusive and exclusive differentiated
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