olgeta

Bislama

Etymology

From ol (“they”) +‎ -geta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈolɡeta/
  • Hyphenation: ol‧ge‧ta

Pronoun

olgeta

  1. they

See also

Bislama personal pronouns
singular dual trial plural
1st person exclusive mi mitufala mitrifala mifala
inclusive — yumitu, yumitufala yumitrifala yumi
2nd person yu yutufala yutrifala yufala
3rd person neutral hem, em tufala trifala ol1, olgeta
collective2 — tugeta trigeta —
1 Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb.
2 The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own.
Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns.

Determiner

olgeta

  1. all, every

References

  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English altogether.

Pronoun

olgeta

  1. everyone, everybody, all

Adjective

olgeta

  1. all, every
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