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Example 16-127
wɛn dè go, mi
màsɛf
dɛ foloin de dɛn à go dɛ
wɛn
when
dè
3pl
go,
go
mi
1sg
màsɛf
1sg
.
refl
dɛ
art
foloin
following
de
day
dɛn
then
à
1sg
go
go
dɛ
there
After they had gone, I went there myself the following day.
Comment:
This example shows an intensifier use.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 229
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives overlap
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