Example 57-77

[...] sola pa returne o rivaʃ; pi tule kokotje-la ke nu war la-mba, se tule Tuo le plate
[...]
[...]
sola
3pl
pa
neg
returne
return
o
dir
rivaʃ;
seaside
pi
conj
tule
art.def.pl
kokotje-la
coconut.palms-dem/def
ke
rel
nu
we
war
see
la-mba,
over-there
se
presv
tule
pl
Tuo
Touho.people
le
si
plate
plant
[...] they went back to the seaside. And the coconut palms we see over there, they were planted by the Touho people.
Comment:
Here pi functions as a verbal conjunctor.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993: 225