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Object relative clauses
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 90.0%
Example 23-146:
oli sanem toktok
we
mi no wantem
oli
agr
sanem
send
tok~tok
talk~talk
we
comp
mi
1sg
no
neg
wantem
want
They sent word that I was unhappy about. (lit: They sent word that I did not want [to hear].)
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Example 23-147:
i gat ol pleple we ol waetman oli lanem
i
agr
gat
have
ol
pl
pleple
game
we
comp
ol
pl
waetman
white.man
oli
agr
lanem
learn
There are games that white people taught [us].
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Confidence:
Very certain
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 10.0%
Example 23-148:
Hemia nao wan eksampol long ol komplen
we
ambudjman i no save lukluk long hem.
hemia
3sg
.
def
nao
now
wan
one
eksampol
example
long
of
ol
pl
komplen
complaint
we
comp
ambudjman
ombudsman
i
agr
no
neg
save
can
luk~luk
look~look
long
at
hem
3sg
This is one example of the [kind of] complaints that the Ombudsman can't investigate.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
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nd
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