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Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
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Example 23-59:
Dengue moskito
i putum ek blong hem long ol containers olsem ia [...].
Dengue
dengue
moskito
mosquito
i
agr
putum
put
ek
egg
blong
poss
hem
3sg
long
loc
ol
pl
containers
containers
olsem
like
ia
def
[...].
[...]
Dengue mosquitoes lay their eggs in containers such as the following [...].
Example 23-62:
ol smolsmol tortel ia oli kamaot long eg
ol
pl
smol~smol
small~small
tortel
turtle
ia
def
oli
agr
kamaot
come.out
long
from
eg
egg
The little turtles come out of the(ir) egg.
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-64:
Hemi mas kam long Port Vila blong salem ol faol ia.
Hemi
3sg
.
agr
mas
must
kam
come
long
all
Port
Port
Vila
Vila
blong
purp
salem
sell
ol
pl
faol
chicken
ia.
def
She has to come to Port Vila to sell these chickens.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
Source:
Own knowledge
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