Value ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals

Examples

  1. dɛ ʧik si wã mà frɛn
    dɛ
    art
    ʧik
    chick
    si
    see
    wã
    one
    mà
    1sg.poss
    frɛn
    friend
    The girl saw one of my friends.

    See Huber 1999: 195

  2. ì bì dɛ̀m dɛ fɛs we dè kam fɔ nima
    ì
    3sg
    bì
    cop
    dɛ̀m
    3pl
    dɛ
    art
    fɛs
    first
    we
    comp
    dè
    3pl
    kam
    come
    fɔ
    for
    nima
    Nima
    They were the first who came to Nima.
  3. afrika ɔl ì bì namba wan tif
    afrika
    Africa
    ɔl
    all
    ì
    3sg
    bì
    cop
    namba
    number
    wan
    one
    tif
    thief
    In the whole of Africa they are the greatest thieves.