Value Identical and special reciprocal construction

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Reciprocal constructions
References
Huber 1999: 201-202

Examples

  1. wai wì gò fait auasɛf?
    wai
    why
    wì
    1pl
    gò
    fut
    fait
    fight
    auasɛf?
    1pl.refl
    Why will we fight ourselves (i.e. among ourselves)? OR: Why will we fight each other?

    See Huber 1999: 201

  2. à fɔs màsɛf
    à
    1sg
    fɔs
    force
    mà-sɛf
    1sg-refl
    I forced myself.
  3. wì no dè hiɛ iʧ ɔda
    wì
    1pl
    no
    neg
    dè
    hab
    hiɛ
    hear
    iʧ
    each
    ɔda
    other
    We don't understand each other.