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Example 19-54
À bɛg, luk
dis
pìkín,
di
pìkín no de gud.
À
1sg
.
sbj
bɛg,
beg
luk
look
dis
this
pìkín,
child
di
this
pìkín
child
no
neg
de
cop
gud.
good
Please, look at this child, this child is not well.
Comment:
This example features the two variants of the proximal demonstrative
di
and
dis
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
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