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Subject relative clauses
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 75.0%
Example 19-180:
ɛ̀f yù chɔp ɔl dis chɔp
we è
no dɔn, tumɔro yù gò sik.
ɛ̀f
if
yù
2sg
chɔp
eat
ɔl
all
dis
this
chɔp
food
[we
[
subord
è
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
dɔn],
done]
tumɔro
tomorrow
yù
2sg
gò
pot
sik.
be.sick
If you eat all this food that is not well-done, tomorrow you will be sick.
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 509
Confidence:
Very certain
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Relative particle and gap Frequency: 25.0%
Example 19-181:
Go tek mi dan telefono
we
de pàn dì tebul.
Go
go
tek
take
mi
1sg
.
emph
dan
that
telefono
telephone
we
subord
de
cop
pàn
on
dì
def
tebul.
table
Go fetch me that telephone that is on the table.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
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Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Subject relative clauses
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