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Example 16-49
dɛ ʧik si wã mà frɛn
dɛ
art
ʧik
chick
si
see
wã
one
mà
1sg
.
poss
frɛn
friend
The girl saw one of my friends.
Comment:
This is the cardinal number 'one'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 195
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Different TAM marking in negated clauses
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