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Example 19-142
Tìdé dì human
de fayn.
Tìdé
today
dì
def
human
woman
de
cop
fayn.
fine
Today the woman is (feeling) fine. (NOT: Today the woman is beautiful.)
Comment:
The adjective
fayn
denotes a transient body state.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 320
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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