Datapoint Tok Pisin/Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives

The form dispela is sometimes reduced, especially in rapid speech, to displa, dilsa or sla.

Values

Same forms

Example 22-58:
Na displa samting em kamap pinis. [...] Na displa em kamap pinis.
Na
and
displa
this
samting
thing
em
it
kamap
happen
pinis.
compl
[...]
[...]
Na
and
displa
this
em
it
kamap
happen
pinis.
compl
And this thing happened. [...] And this happened.

Source: nd: Aiths17\Melki\ws\m17\momas\wsp

Example 22-59:
Mi laikim disla.
Mi
1sg
laik-im
like-tr
disla.
this
I like this (one).
Confidence:
Very certain