Value Relative particle and resumptive pronoun

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Object relative clauses
References
Faraclas 1996: 35-46, 97-98

Examples

  1. Dì buk we̱ yù si-am fò̱r dyar do̱n old.
    Dì
    art.def
    buk
    book
    we̱
    rel
    yù
    2sg.sbj
    si-am
    see-3sg.obj
    fò̱r
    loc
    dyar
    there
    do̱n
    compl
    old.
    be.old
    The book that you see over there is old.

    See Faraclas 1996: 35-46

  2. Dì buk (we̱) à rid(-am) de dyar.
    Dì
    art.def
    buk
    book
    (we̱)
    (rel)
    à
    1sg.sbj
    rid(-am)
    read(-3sg.obj)
    de
    cop
    dyar.
    there
    The book that I read is there.