yupela
Appearance
Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English you fellow, that is to say you and the fellows, you all.
Pronoun
[edit]yupela
- The second person, yupela refers to the persons being spoken to; you.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:
- Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”