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Value Demonstrative word precedes noun
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Order of demonstrative and noun
References
Huber 1999
: 193-195
Examples
dis mã ì bì tifmã
dis
dem
.
prox
mã
man
ì
3sg
bì
be
tifmã
thief
This man is a thief.
See
Huber 1999
: 194
dat tɔl masalaʤi
dat
dem
.
dist
tɔl
tall
masalaʤi
mosque
that tall mosque
See
Huber 1999
: 194
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