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Value Serial verb construction
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
kɔfi puʃ dɛ pikin ɛnta gɔta
kɔfi
Kofi
puʃ
push
dɛ
art
pikin
child
ɛnta
enter
gɔta
gutter
Kofi pushed the child into the gutter.
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