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Example 16-105
mi à no gɛt mɔni fɔ transpɔt o
mi
1sg
à
1sg
no
neg
gɛt
get
mɔni
money
fɔ
for
transpɔt
transport
o
emph
I don't have money for transportation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 192
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative possession: Transitive
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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