Broken: An Introduction to the Creole Language of Torres StraitDepartment of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1988 - Foreign Language Study - 328 pages Best friends tell you everything; about their kitchen renovation; about their little girl's new school. They tell you how he's leaving her for a younger model. Best friends don't tell lies. They don't take up residence on your couch for weeks. They don't call lawyers. They don't make you choose sides. Best friends don't keep secrets about their past. Best friends don't always stay best friends. |
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Broken: An Introduction to the Creole Language of Torres Strait Anna Shnukal No preview available - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
adjective adverb Ailan animals Appendix body Appendix fish Appendix islands Appendix plants become beginning birds boat borrowed Broken called clause coconut colour comes cook creole dance dempla Demtu deya dialect direct eastern English example expression feel fish give hand insaid Island kaikai kind koknat language leave look marker meaning meke Mipla noun object occur olsem past personal pronouns phrase prapa prepositions prom pron question refers sentences shell side skin smol sometimes sound speak speakers spelling spik stap story talk tell things Torres Strait traditional translated tree turn usually v.t. Eng verb Wanem western words