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Value Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Order of subject, object, and verb
References
Huber 1999
: 176
Examples
polismã ì bi laik wumã
polismã
policeman
ì
3sg
bi
cop
laik
like
wumã
woman
Policemen are like women.
See
Huber 1999
: 234
gɔd gò kil jù, gɔd gò paniʃ jù.
gɔd
God
gò
fut
kil
kill
jù,
2sg
gɔd
God
gò
fut
paniʃ
punish
jù.
2sg
God will kill you, God will punish you.
See
Huber 1999
: 251
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