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Example 23-56
haos ia longwe i bigwan moa
haos
house
ia
def
longwe
there
i
agr
bigwan
big
moa
more
That/The house over there is bigger [than the one I’m talking about].
Comment:
This comment was overheard in a conversation between two teenage boys, one from Malo and one from Vila (the latter produced the utterance).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: No definite article, but indefinite article
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is marked
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