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Tok Pisin
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Position of definite article in the noun phrase
But see 16.
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The language has no definite article
Example 22-23:
tamiok em bin katim diwai
longen
tamiok
axe
em
3sg
bin
pst
katim
cut
diwai
tree
long-en
prep
-
3sg
the axe with which he cut the tree
Example 22-24:
Bodi bilong man i go yelo.
Bodi
body
bilong
poss
man
man
i
pm
go
go
yelo.
yellow
The man’s body went yellow.
Source:
nd
: NSP M16
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase
Source:
Own knowledge
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