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orait

orait

See also: oráit

Tok Pisin

Conjunction

orait

  1. then (in an if-statement)
    • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, ISBN 0-8248-1672-2, page 433:
      Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.
  2. then (afterwards)
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:3 (translation here):
      Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.
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