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Example 23-30
be
yufala
i pem hem from wanem?
be
but
yufala
2pl
i
agr
pem
pay
hem
3sg
from
caus
wanem?
what
But why are you paying (a fine) for her?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: Dual form in all three persons
Interrogative pronouns: Two compound expressions
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