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Example 17-64
À gò do̱n ko̱m cho̱p dì nyam finish.
À
1sg
.
sbj
gò
irr
do̱n
compl
ko̱m
REALIS
cho̱p
eat
dì
art
.
def
nyam
yam
finish.
compl
I will have actually already completely eaten the yams.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 199
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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