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Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
References
Meyerhoff nd
Examples
ol haos oli fasfas tumas
ol
pl
haos
house
oli
agr
fasfas
fast
tumas
very
The houses are crowded together.
See
Meyerhoff 2003
: 235
olgeta
UMP oli no laekem hem
olgeta
3pl
UMP
UMP
oli
agr
no
neg
laekem
like
hem
3sg
The UMP (people) didn't like him.
See
Meyerhoff nd
olgeta
oli drong
olgeta
3pl
oli
agr
drong
drunk
They were drunk.
See
Meyerhoff nd
wan trik ia, e, trik blong
ol
oli strong
wan
indf
trik
trick
ia,
def
e,
exclam
trik
trick
blong
poss
ol
3pl
oli
agr
strong
strong
(It was) this trick, eh, their tricks were clever.
See
Meyerhoff nd
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