Datapoint Bislama/Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article
The postposed form ia (from English here) is used as a demonstrative and is also very similar to a definite article, but it is not regarded as a definite article here (see Chapter 28).
Values 
No definite article exists
- Example 23-12:
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woman we hem i aot finis, hem i pem buk iawomanwomanwerelhem3sgiagraotoutfinis,complhem3sgiagrpembuybukbookiadefThe woman who left already, she bought that book.
- Example 23-62:
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ol smolsmol tortel ia oli kamaot long egolplsmol~smolsmall~smalltortelturtleiadefoliagrkamaotcome.outlongfromegeggThe little turtles come out of the(ir) egg.
Source: Meyerhoff nd
- Example 23-63:
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mi luk olsem bubu ia i kakae fulap tumasmi1sgluklookolsemcompbubugrandparentiadefiagrkakaeeatfulapfull.uptumasveryIt seems to me that/like this grandmother eats too much.
Source: Meyerhoff nd
- Confidence:
- Intermediate