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Coming from named places
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Preposition
Example 22-14:
Yutupela kam bek long gaden.
Yutupela
2du
kam
come
bek
back
long
prep
gaden.
garden
You two have come back from the garden.
Source:
nd
Example 22-143:
Em i kam
long
Mosbi.
Em
3sg
i
pm
kam
come
long
prep
Mosbi.
Moresby
He came from Port Moresby.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Coming from named places
Source:
Own knowledge
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