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Example 17-160
Dì buk we̱ yù si fò̱r dyar do̱n old.
Dì
art
.
def
buk
book
we̱
rel
yù
2sg
.
sbj
si
see
fò̱r
loc
dyar
there
do̱n
compl
old.
be.old
The book that you see over there is old.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 35-46
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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