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Tok Pisin
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Object relative clauses
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Zero and gap Frequency: 63.6%
Example 22-162:
Dispela meri mi lukim asde em i naispela tru.
Dispela
this
meri
woman
mi
1sg
luk-im
see-
tr
asde
yesterday
em
3sg
i
pm
nais-pela
nice-
mod
tru.
really
This woman I saw yesterday is really beautiful.
Confidence:
Intermediate
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Zero and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 27.3%
Example 22-161:
Em dispela man yutupela mumuim em.
Em
3sg
dispela
this
man
man
yutupela
2du
mumu-im
earth.oven-
tr
em.
3sg
This is the man whom you cooked.
Source:
nd
: 12 year old boy, New Ireland
Confidence:
Certain
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 9.1%
Example 22-163:
Mi go lukim wonem piksa
we
ol ba lukim.
Mi
1sg
go
go
luk-im
see-
tr
wonem
what
piksa
film
we
rel
ol
3pl
ba
fut
luk-im.
see-
tr
I went to see what film (it was) that they would watch.
Source:
nd
: 14 old boy, Eastern Highlands
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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