Value Purely aspectual system

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Tense-aspect systems

Examples

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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.