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Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’
Examples
dɛ dairɛkta laik mà mata
dɛ
art
dairɛkta
director
laik
like
mà
1sg
.
poss
mata
matter
The director likes me.
See
Huber 1999
: 229
jù laik jù no laik bai ɔ mins jù gò klin nima
jù
2sg
laik
like
jù
2sg
no
neg
laik
like
bai
by
ɔ
all
mins
means
jù
2sg
gò
fut
klin
clean
nima
Nima
Whether you liked it or not, you would clean Nima.
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