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Value No vocative marker
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Vocative markers
References
Meyerhoff nd
Examples
hem i se "e, yu nao, mama blong yu i stap long nambangga?"
hem
3sg
i
agr
se
say
"e,
hey
yu
2sg
nao,
now/
foc
mama
mother
blong
poss
yu
2sg
i
agr
stap
stay
long
in
nambangga?"
banyan
She said "Hey, is it you whose mother is in the banyan tree?"
See
Meyerhoff nd
nakatoa i talem se "oi mi ia"
nakatoa
Nakatoa
i
agr
talem
tell
se
comp
"oi
exclam
mi
1sg
ia"
def
Nakatao said "Hoi, it's me".
See
Meyerhoff nd
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