mipela

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From mi +‎ -pela.

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.

FWOTD – 6 November 2012

From mi +‎ -pela.

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.

	singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	mi	mitupela (exclusive) yumitupela (inclusive)	mitripela (exclusive) yumitripela (inclusive)	mipela (exclusive) yumipela, yumi (inclusive)
2nd person	yu	yutupela	yutripela	yupela
3rd person	em	tupela	tripela	ol