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Value Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Indefinite pronouns
References
Huber 1999
: 202-203
Examples
jù gò si
sɔmbɔdi
wit ĩ̀ waif
jù
2sg
gò
fut
si
see
sɔmbɔdi
indf
wit
with
ĩ̀
3sg
.
poss
waif
wife
You will see somebody with his wife.
See
Huber 1999
: 202
wɛn jù tek
sɔmtin
nak àm wan
wɛn
when
jù
2sg
tek
take
sɔmtin
indf
nak
knock
àm
3sg
wan
one
when you knock it once with something
See
Huber 1999
: 203
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