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mi wannum tumus tok tumus

15:49 May 17, 2001
Bislama to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bislama term or phrase: mi wannum tumus tok tumus
seeing some one friday night. I think tumus is sorry
glenda


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naThere are/I have a lot of things I (really) want to say
Shane Wall


  

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There are/I have a lot of things I (really) want to say


Explanation:
Mi wannum tumus = I really want
tok tumus = lit. talk too much (say a lot)
"tumus" and the related "tumas" (from Tok Pisin) are used as imperatives to mean "very, really, a lot, etc."

Shane Wall
Vietnam
Local time: 14:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in VietnameseVietnamese
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