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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|en|tpi}} {{m|en|all}} + {{m|en|same}}.
From {{der|tpi|en|all}} + {{m|en|same}}.


===Adverb===
===Adverb===
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# [[thus]]; [[as]]
# [[thus]]; [[as]]
#* {{quote-book
#* {{quote-book
|lang=tpi
|tpi
|year=1995
|year=1995
|author=John Verhaar
|author=John Verhaar
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|passage=Mekim '''olsem''' pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.}}
|passage=Mekim '''olsem''' pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.}}
# [[to]] (indirect object, in the sense of "similar to")
# [[to]] (indirect object, in the sense of "similar to")
#* {{tpi-cite-bible|Gen|3|5|Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain '''olsem''' God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”}}
#* {{RQ:Buk Baibel|Jenesis|3|5|passage=Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain '''olsem''' God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”}}

{{LDL|tpi}}


===Conjunction===
===Conjunction===
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# [[as]]
# [[as]]
#* {{tpi-cite-bible|Gen|3|12|Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Dispela meri yu bin givim mi '''olsem''' poroman bilong mi, em tasol i givim mi pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kaikai.”}}
#* {{RQ:Buk Baibel|Jenesis|3|12|passage=Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Dispela meri yu bin givim mi '''olsem''' poroman bilong mi, em tasol i givim mi pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kaikai.”}}


===Preposition===
===Preposition===
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===Derived terms===
===Derived terms===
* [[olsem na]]
* [[olsem na]]
* [[luk olsem]]

Latest revision as of 02:51, 18 August 2024

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English all + same.

Adverb

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olsem

  1. thus; as
    • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎[1], →ISBN, page 433:
      Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to (indirect object, in the sense of "similar to")
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:
      Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”
      →New International Version translation

Conjunction

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olsem

  1. as
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:12:
      Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Dispela meri yu bin givim mi olsem poroman bilong mi, em tasol i givim mi pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kaikai.”
      →New International Version translation

Preposition

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olsem

  1. like

Derived terms

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