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Example 19-190
ɛ̀f yù
want baba
, yù
want go
nà peluqueria go kɔt yù hia.
ɛ̀f
if
yù
2sg
want
want
baba,
cut.hair
yù
2sg
want
want
go
go
nà
loc
peluqueria
hairdresser
go
go
kɔt
cut
yù
2sg
hia.
hair
If you want to 'baba', you want to go to the hairdresser’s in order to cut your hair.
Comment:
Baba
is a verb and means 'to cut (body) hair' (< English
barber
).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 519
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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