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Example 23-69
taem we i kasem fes poen nambawan poen i talem se "oi!"
taem
time
we
rel
i
agr
kasem
catch
fes
first
poen
point
nambawan
number.one
poen
point
i
agr
talem
tell
se
comp
"oi!"
exclam
When he got to the first point he said "Oi!"
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
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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