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mipela
mipela
Bislama
Pronoun
mipela
- The first person plural exclusive, mipela refers to the speaker and other persons, but does not include the person(s) being spoken to; we, us.
See also
- mitripela
- mitupela
- yumi
- yumipela
- yumitripela
- yumitupela
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.pe.la/
Pronoun
mipela
- we, us (exclusive, "we but not you"); refers to the speaker and other persons, but does not include the person(s) being spoken to.
- 1992, collected by Mühlhaüsler et al. quoted in Language, Education, and Development: Urban and Rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Suzanne Romaine, Oxford: 1992)
- Na mipela i no save long Tok Pisin tu. Brata bilong mipela ol i go long stesin, orait ol i kisim save long stesin. Ol i kam bek orait ol i tok pisin.
- And we didn't know Tok Pisin either. Our brothers went to the station, and then learned new things in the station. Then they returned speaking in creole.