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Example 17-163
Dì nayf
we̱
ìm tek-am ko̱t dì nyam (wìt-am) ko̱m brok.
Dì
art
.
def
nayf
knife
we̱
rel
ìm
3sg
.
sbj
tek-am
take.
ins
-
3sg
.
obj
ko̱t
cut
dì
art
.
def
nyam
yam
(wìt-am)
(with.
ins
-
3sg
.
obj
)
ko̱m
REALIS
brok.
break
The knife that he cut the yam with broke.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 35-46
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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