Example 16-152

ì bì puɔ puɔ dè mek jù dè go bus
ì
3sg
bì
cop
puɔ~puɔ
poor~poor
[dè
[hab
mek
caus
jù
2sg
dè
hab
go
go
bus]
booze]
It is poverty that makes you go and drink.
Comment:
The complementizer/relativizer and the resumptive pronoun in the background sentence are optional and are mostly omitted, as in this example (see Huber (1999: 186–187) for figures and discussion).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999: 242