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Agreement
 
Agreement
  
with the example below there is an agreement between the Noun ɔkraman and the adjective nibrefo.  
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with the example below there is an agreement between the Noun "ndompe" and the adjective "mmienu". they agree in terms of number
this is because ɔkraman is singular and so it takes a singular adjective.
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the adjective is the controller and the noun is the controllee
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Clause linkage
 
Clause linkage

Revision as of 14:32, 25 February 2014

--Jacqueline Ofosu-Appiah 13:57, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Agreement

with the example below there is an agreement between the Noun "ndompe" and the adjective "mmienu". they agree in terms of number the adjective is the controller and the noun is the controllee

na wakɔfa saa dompe no de ndompe mmienu no adwane.
“he will then grab the other bone and run away with two bones”
na
na
FOC
PRT
w
w
3SG
PN
akɔfa
afa
FUTgotake
V
saa
saa
that
ADJ
dompe
dompe
bone
N
no
no
DEF
DET
de
de
usePRES
V
ndompe
ndompe
PLbone
N
mmienu
mmienu
twoPL
ADJ
no
no
DEF
DET
adwane
adwane
FUTrun
V


Clause linkage

in the text below there are two clauses, in which one of the two clauses constituting the complex clause contains a subordinative conjunction. this clause containing the subordinative conjunction is the subordinate clause and it comes after the main clause.The subordinative conjunction is "sɛ" and the main verb is "yɛ". in the text above the subordinative clause is "sɛ ɔpɛ saa dompe no nso" and the main clause is "ɔkraman nibrefo yi yɛɛ nadwen" the subordinative conjunction marker is " sɛ"

ɔkraman nibrefo yi yɛɛ nadwen sɛ ɔpɛ saa dompe no nso.
“the greedy dog decided he wanted that bone too”
ɔkraman
ɔkraman
dog3SG
N
nibrefo
nibrefo
greedyNMLZAGT 
N
yi
yi
this
DEM
yɛɛ
ɛ
makePAST
V
nadwen
nadwen
POSSmind
N
that
COMP
ɔpɛ
ɔ
 likePRES
V
saa
saa
that
ADJ
dompe
dompe
boneSG
N
no
no
DEF
DET
nso
nso
tooFOC
PRT