Example 19-92

Pàpá, mi nɛa chɔp mi senwe.
Pàpá,
father
mi
1sg.emph
nɛa
neg.prf
chɔp
eat
mi
1sg.emph
senwe.
emph
Please, I myself haven't eaten (yet).
Comment:
1) The kinship term /pàpá/ is best translated as 'please' when used as a phatic interjection as in this example. 2) The negative perfect marker has the following free variants: nɛa, nɛva, nɔba.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009: 348