ODIN

The Online Database of Interlinear Text

 

The following interlinear glossed text data was extracted from a document found on the World Wide Web via a semi-automated process. The data presented here could contain corruption (degraded or missing characters), so the source document (link below) should be consulted to ensure accuracy. If you use any of the data shown here for research purposes, be sure to cite ODIN and the source document. Please use the following citation record or variant thereof:

Ad Neeleman and Kriszta Szendrői (2004). RADICAL PRO DROP AND THE MORPHOLOGY OF PRONOUNS*.

URL: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~ctjhuang/Course_LSA222/readings/Neeleman.Szendroi.2005.pdf

(Last accessed 2009-07-23).

ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2973&langcode=tpi (2021-07-02).

 

Example #1:

    (73)   a.      *(Mi) laik go long Mosbi.                                              Tok Pisin
    I want go to Moresby
    `I want to go to Moresby.'
Example #2:

    b.      Wanpela man i bin skulim *(mi) long Tok Pisin.
    one man PM PAST teach-TR I to Tok Pisin
    `A man was teaching me Tok Pisin.'
Example #3:

    c.      Em ya i bagarapim meri bilong *(mi)
    he EMPH PM assualted-TR woman of I
    `It's he who assaulted my wife.'