Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online

Value Differentiation

Language:

Fa d’Ambô

Parameter:

Nominal and verbal conjunction

Examples

1. mému ku pému

   mai-mu

   mother-1sg

   ku

   and

   pai-mu

   father-1sg

   my mother and father
2. Men sa mnaf se men sa gañiaf.

   Amu-na

   1sg-neg

   sa

   have

   mina-f

   child-neg

   se

   and

   amu-na

   1sg-neg

   sa

   have

   gañia-f.

   chicken-neg

   I don’t have children and I don’t have chickens.