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Tok Pisin
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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
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Example 22-19:
Mi lukim ol dok i ranim pik bilong mi.
Mi
1sg
luk-im
see-
tr
ol
pl
dok
dog
i
pm
ran-im
run-
tr
pik
pig
bilong
poss
mi.
1sg
I saw the dogs that chased my pig.
Source:
Dutton and Thomas 1985
: 140
Example 22-50:
Ol i bin pret long dispela pik.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
bin
pst
pret
afraid
long
prep
dispela
this
pik.
pig
They were afraid of this pig.
Source:
nd
Example 22-51:
Ol polis ol lukim ol peles ia.
Ol
pl
polis
police
ol
3pl
luk-im
look-
tr
ol
pl
peles
village
ia.
anaph
The police watched the villages.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
Own knowledge
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