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Value Purely aspectual system
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems
Examples
wiʧples dɛ faia dè bɛn?
wiʧ-ples
which-place
dɛ
art
faia
fire
dè
prog
bɛn?
burn
Where is the fire?
See
Huber 1999
: 188
dè go fɔ dagɔmba ʧif haus
dè
3pl
go
go
fɔ
to
dagɔmba
Dagomba
ʧif
chief
haus
house
They went to the Dagomba chief's house.
See
Huber 1999
: 210
wì dè dig àm
wit
pikaks
wit
ɛvritin
wit
ʃɔful
wì
1pl
dè
prog
dig
dig
àm
3sg
.
obj
wit
with
pikaks
pickaxe
wit
with
ɛvritin
everything
wit
with
ʃɔful
shovel
We were digging it (out) with pickaxes, with anything, with shovels.
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