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Coming from named places
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Preposition Frequency: 63.6%
Example 19-160:
Jɔs è kɔ̀mɔ́t
nà
Baney [...].
Jɔs
just
è
3sg
.
sbj
kɔ̀mɔ́t
go.out
nà
loc
Baney
Baney
[...].
[...]
She had just left Baney [...].
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 198
Confidence:
Very certain
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No adpositional/case marking Frequency: 27.3%
Example 19-159:
̀Dɛ̀n kɔ̀mɔ́t
Bàta.
̀Dɛ̀n
3pl
kɔ̀mɔ́t
come.from
Bàta.
Bata
They come from Bata.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Serial verb plus preposition Frequency: 9.1%
Example 19-161:
Dì bɔy
rɔn kɔ̀mɔ́t
nà
Basakato.
Dì
def
bɔy
boy
rɔn
run
kɔ̀mɔ́t
go.out
nà
loc
Basakato.
Basakato
The boy runs away from Basakato.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
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Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Coming from named places
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