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Example 16-74
(mek jù) hiɛ!
(mek
(
caus
/
imp
jù)
2sg
)
hiɛ!
hear
Listen!
Comment:
This is an affirmative imperative 2SG. The affirmative imperative can be formed either by 1.
mek
+ personal pronoun +
no
+ verb, or by 2. the bare form of the verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 224
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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