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Datapoint Bislama/Comitatives and instrumentals

Wetem is comitative and instrumental; long is only instrumental.

Cf. Feature 69 "Instrumental expressions".

Example 23-52:: mifala i stap wetem olfala olgeta
mifala
1pl.incl
i
agr
stap
stay
wetem
with
olfala
old.one
olgeta
3pl
We were standing with all the old guys.

Source: Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-114:: i had blong yu spoelem wetem finga blong yu
i
agr
had
hard
blong
purp
yu
2sg
spoelem
spoil
wetem
with
finga
finger
blong
poss
yu
2sg
It's hard to ruin it with your fingers [alone].

Source: Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-115:: i gat pauda ia OK? [...] yu karem long wan smol samting, olsem bun kokonas ating i bigwan tumas
i
agr
gat
have
pauda
powder
ia
def
OK?
OK
[...]
[...]
yu
2sg
karem
bring
long
ins
wan
indf
smol
small
samting,
something
olsem
like
bun
bone
kokonas
coconut
ating
probably
i
agr
bigwan
big
tumas
very
There's this powder [=pollen], OK? [...] you bring it [to the flower] with something small, like a coconut leaf spine is too big.

Source: Meyerhoff nd