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Example 23-46
hem i wan
samting
we sapos yu go tru long hol ia bambae yu yu wan laki man
hem
3s
i
agr
wan
indf
samting
something
we
rel
sapos
if
yu
2sg
go
go
tru
through
long
loc
hol
hole
ia
def
bambae
irr
yu
2sg
yu
2sg
wan
indf
laki
lucky
man
man
It was something that if you can go through the hole, you'll have lots of luck.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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