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Nigerian Pidgin
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Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
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Immediately preceding the verb Frequency: 90.0%
Example 17-64:
À gò do̱n ko̱m cho̱p dì nyam finish.
À
1sg
.
sbj
gò
irr
do̱n
compl
ko̱m
REALIS
cho̱p
eat
dì
art
.
def
nyam
yam
finish.
compl
I will have actually already completely eaten the yams.
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 199
Confidence:
Very certain
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In a leftward position Frequency: 10.0%
Example 17-66:
À bin jo̱st dè go.
À
1sg
.
sbj
bin
ant
jo̱st
just
dè
ncompl
go.
go
I had just been going.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
Feature:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 73, 188-190, 195-200
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