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Example 16-92
wì dè dig àm
wit
pikaks
wit
ɛvritin
wit
ʃɔful
wì
1pl
dè
prog
dig
dig
àm
3sg
.
obj
wit
with
pikaks
pickaxe
wit
with
ɛvritin
everything
wit
with
ʃɔful
shovel
We were digging it (out) with pickaxes, with anything, with shovels.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Purely aspectual system
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
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