Value Relative particle and resumptive pronoun

Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Parameter:
Instrument relative clauses
References
Faraclas 1996: 35-46, 75-80, 97-102

Examples

  1. Dì nayf we̱ ìm tek ko̱t dì nyam (wìt-am) ko̱m brok.
    Dì
    art.def
    nayf
    knife
    we̱
    rel
    ìm
    3sg.sbj
    tek
    take.ins
    ko̱t
    cut
    dì
    art.def
    nyam
    yam
    (wìt-am)
    (with.ins-3sg.obj)
    ko̱m
    REALIS
    brok.
    break
    The knife that he cut the yam with broke.

    See Faraclas 1996: 35-46

  2. Dì nayf we̱ ìm tek-am ko̱t dì nyam (wìt-am) ko̱m brok.
    Dì
    art.def
    nayf
    knife
    we̱
    rel
    ìm
    3sg.sbj
    tek-am
    take.ins-3sg.obj
    ko̱t
    cut
    dì
    art.def
    nyam
    yam
    (wìt-am)
    (with.ins-3sg.obj)
    ko̱m
    REALIS
    brok.
    break
    The knife that he cut the yam with broke.

    See Faraclas 1996: 35-46