--Jacqueline Ofosu-Appiah 13:57, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
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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. in Akan there is no inflection that marks number, they are lexically specified
for instance "mmienu" is lexically specifed for plural, there is no inflection marker. it is only nouns that has inflections to mark plural
na wakɔfa saa dompe no de ndompe mmienu no adwane.
“he will then grab the other bone and run away with two bones”
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”
| nibrefo |
| nibre | fo |
| greedyNMLZAGT | |
| N |