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the construct state suffix is optional ''bălang'' (from English "belong"); in casual speech it may be shortened to ''lang'', ''la'' or even ''plang'', which is the subject of a common folk etymology
the construct state suffix is optional ''bălang'' (from English "belong"); in casual speech it may be shortened to ''lang'', ''la'' or even ''plang'', which is the subject of a common folk etymology


*Fi chum bălang runse Lămanoa - My name is Lămanoa (c.f. Tok Pisin ''Nem blong mi Lămanoa'')
*Fi chum bălang runse Lămanoa - My name is Lămanoa (c.f. Bislama ''Nem blong mi Lămanoa'')
**Might also be ''Fi chum runse Lămanoa''
**Might also be ''Fi chum runse Lămanoa''
*tar bălang trun - library (though tar trun is also used)
*tar bălang trun - library (though tar trun is also used)
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