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Example 19-200
Mi sɛf
à gɛt fɔ̀ go nà hos.
Mi
1sg
.
emph
sɛf
emph
à
1sg
.
sbj
gɛt
have
fɔ̀
assoc
go
go
nà
loc
hos.
house
I myself/too have to go home.
Comment:
The focus/emphasis particles
sɛf
and
senwe
both express 'also' and emphasis/focus. There is no commonly used etymon of the English word
too
in Pichi.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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