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Example 16-50
ì bì dɛ̀m dɛ fɛs we dè kam fɔ nima
ì
3sg
bì
cop
dɛ̀m
3pl
dɛ
art
fɛs
first
we
comp
dè
3pl
kam
come
fɔ
for
nima
Nima
They were the first who came to Nima.
Comment:
This is the suppletive ordinal numeral 'first'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
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
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