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Value Prepositions
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Order of adposition and noun phrase
Examples
Planti taim mi bin stap long ples.
Planti
many
taim
time
mi
1sg
bin
pst
stap
stay
long
at
ples.
village
I often stayed in the village.
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nd
: Vunak11\JosephB\enb\m20\islan
Em i givim tupla fedas i go
long
mama.
Em
3sg
i
pm
givim
give
tu-pla
two-
mod
fedas
feather
i
pm
go
go
long
prep
mama.
mother
He gave two feathers to his mother.
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nd
Yutupela kam bek long gaden.
Yutupela
2du
kam
come
bek
back
long
prep
gaden.
garden
You two have come back from the garden.
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nd
Ol i katim baksait bilong papa bilong mi long naif.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
katim
cut
baksait
back
bilong
poss
papa
father
bilong
poss
mi
1sg
long
ins
naif.
knife
They cut my father’s back with a knife.
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