Talk:Classroom talk:LING2208 - Annotating Akan
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yaa bɛ tɔ brodeɛ anoa adi ada
“Yaa will buy plantain, cook it, eat it, and sleep.”
| yáá |
| yaa |
| yaa |
| Np |
| bɛ́tɔ́ | |
| bɛ́ | tɔ́ |
| FUT | buy |
| V1 | |
| bròdéɛ` |
| brodeɛ |
| plantain |
| CN |
| ánóá | |
| a | noa |
| CONS | cook |
| V2 | |
| ádí | |
| a | di |
| CONS | eat |
| V3 | |
| ádá | |
| a | da |
| CONS | sleep |
| V4 | |
Ama bɛfa safua no abue dan no
“Ama will take the key to open the house”
| Ama |
| ama |
| AmaSBJ |
| Np |
| bɛfa | |
| bɛ | fa |
| FUT | take |
| V1 | |
| safua |
| safua |
| keyOBJ |
| N |
| no |
| no |
| DEF |
| DET |
| abue | |
| a | bue |
| CONS | open |
| V2 | |
| dan |
| dan |
| houseOBJ |
| N |
| no |
| no |
| DEF |
| DET |
Papa no de ne nsa asᴐ n’afu
“The man has held his tummy with his hand”
| papa |
| papa |
| manSBJ |
| N |
| no |
| no |
| DEF |
| DET |
| de |
| de |
| use |
| V1 |
| ne |
| ne |
| 3SGPOSS |
| PN |
| nsa |
| nsa |
| handOBJ |
| N |
| asᴐ | |
| a | sᴐ |
| CONS | hold |
| V2 | |
| n’afu | |
| n’ | afu |
| POSS | tummy |
| N | |
These phrases feature the consecutive verb markes (CONS), which seems to agree from every second verb and up in an SVC. Does this somehow carry the tense of the first verb? I haven't found any cases in TC where it appears on the first verb, is this not possible?
--Are Ormberg 10:18, 7 March 2014 (UTC)