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Indefinite pronouns
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Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Example 16-29:
jù gò si
sɔmbɔdi
wit ĩ̀ waif
jù
2sg
gò
fut
si
see
sɔmbɔdi
indf
wit
with
ĩ̀
3sg
.
poss
waif
wife
You will see somebody with his wife.
Source:
Huber 1999
: 202
Example 16-30:
wɛn jù tek
sɔmtin
nak àm wan
wɛn
when
jù
2sg
tek
take
sɔmtin
indf
nak
knock
àm
3sg
wan
one
when you knock it once with something
Source:
Huber 1999
: 203
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Feature:
Indefinite pronouns
Source:
Huber 1999
: 202-203
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