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Existential verb and transitive possession verb
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Example 22-137:
Mipla
gat
haus long Lei.
Mipla
1pl
gat
have
haus
house
long
prep
Lei.
Lae
We have a house in Lae.
Source:
nd
Example 22-138:
Lo bipo bipo tru, i
gat
wanpla ples ol kolim Timbunke.
Lo
prep
bipo
before
bipo
before
tru,
really
i
pm
gat
got
wan-pla
one-
mod
ples
village
ol
3pl
kolim
call.
tr
Timbunke.
Timbunke
A long long time ago, there was a village called Timbunke.
Source:
nd
: Vanhs11\Gilbert\ws\m17\momas
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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