olsem

olsem

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English all + same.

Adverb

olsem

1. thus; as
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎, →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 quote)

2. to (indirect object, in the sense of "similar to")
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:5:

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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Conjunction

olsem

1. as
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:12:

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Preposition

olsem

1. like

Derived terms

• olsem na