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Value Immediately preceding the verb
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
References
Schröder 2003
;
Todd 1991
: 17
Examples
A don tchop bif.
A
1sg
.
sbj
don
pfv
tchop
eat
bif.
meat
I have eaten meat.
See
Féral 1989
: 65
A bin vehks bad.
A
1sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
veks
vex
bad.
bad
I was very angry.
See
Todd 1991
: 23
Hu de tich Pidgin?
Hu
who
di
ipfv
titch
teach
Pidgin?
Pidgin
Who teaches Pidgin? OR: Who is teaching Pidgin?
See
Bellama et al. 1983
: 9
Wuna
go
kam.
Wuna
2pl
.
sbj
go
fut
kam.
come
You (pl.) will come.
See
Todd 1991
: 17
I dohn kam.
I
3sg
.
sbj
don
prf
kam.
come
He/She/It has come.
See
Todd 1991
: 17
A di go fo skul.
A
1sg
.
sbj
di
ipfv
go
go
fo
for
skul.
school
I am going to school. OR: I go to school. (habitually)
See
Féral 1989
: 66
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