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Comparative standard marking
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Secondary surpass marking Frequency: 50.0%
Example 22-73:
Em olsem draipela dok winim haus.
Em
3sg
olsem
like
draipela
big
dok
dog
winim
win
haus.
house
It was a huge dog, bigger than a house.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Certain
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Locational marking Frequency: 50.0%
Example 22-74:
Mi bin lukim olsem Rabaul i gutpla mo long Kevieng.
Mi
1sg
bin
pst
luk-im
look-
tr
olsem
comp
Rabaul
Rabaul
i
pm
gut-pla
good-
mod
mo
more
long
prep
Kevieng.
Kavieng
I saw that Rabaul was better than Kavieng.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Comparative standard marking
Source:
nd
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