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Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
Nominal and verbal conjunction
References
Yakpo 2009
Examples
Ɔl dì tin we
yu àn dan man
bìn gɛt [...].
Ɔl
all
dì
def
tin
thing
we
subord
yu
2sg
.
emph
àn
and
dan
that
man
man
bìn
ant
gɛt
have
[...].
[...]
All the things that you and that man had [...].
See
Yakpo 2009
: 187
[...] è kan syek dì plet
àn
dì plet kan brok.
[...]
[...]
è
3sg
.
sbj
kan
pfv
syek
shake
dì
def
plet
plate
àn
and
dì
def
plet
plate
kan
pfv
brok.
break
[...] he shook the plate and the plate broke.
Pero
we
à kan mit dis man,
we
wì bìgín bɔn ìn yon pìkín dɛ̀n.
Pero
but
we
subord
à
1sg
.
sbj
kan
pfv
mit
meet
dis
this
man,
man
we
subord
wì
1pl
bìgín
begin
bɔn
give.birth
ìn
3sg
.
poss
yon
own
pìkín
child
dɛ̀n.
pl
But then/when I met this man, and then we began to have his own children.
À
gò rɔn
à
kɛr
àn go à
go
hospital.
À
1sg
.
sbj
gò
pot
rɔn
run
à
1sg
.
sbj
kɛr=àn
carry=
3sg
.
obj
go
go
à
1sg
.
sbj
go
go
hospital.
hospital
I would run and take her and go to [the] hospital.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 254
Concha
fala
Princess go viaje.
Concha
Concha
fala
follow
Princess
Princess
go
go
viaje.
voyage
Concha and Princess went on a voyage together.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 522
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