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Example 23-68
Olgeta i lus afta long fes raon blong kompetisen nomo.
Olgeta
3pl
i
agr
lus
lose
afta
after
long
loc
fes
first
raon
round
blong
poss
kompetisen
competition
nomo.
only
They lost after only the first round of the competition.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Vanuatu Weekly Hebdomadaire, 27 June 1998
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: All ordinal numerals are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals, but ‘first’ may also be suppletive
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