Example 16-151

ì bì dɛm we dè kam briŋ dɛ blaŋkɛs
ì
3sg
bì
cop
dɛm
3pl
[(we
[(comp
dè)
3pl)
kam
come
briŋ
bring
dɛ
art
blaŋkɛs]
blanket.pl]
It was them who brought the blankets.
Comment:
The complementizer/relativizer and the resumptive pronoun in the background sentence are optional and are mostly omitted (see Huber (1999: 186–187) for figures and discussion).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999: 196