Continuing with Gary’s list:
- They won the first two games, but lost the last one.
Right. A few days ago, in episode #94, I used the construction aŋi gyɛdɛ for “play a game”. Here we are going to use a related construction gyɛdɛ A aŋi syosso “A plays a game to victory”. These two clauses are connected with ladi, and the second clause uses a frustrative construction.
130. gyɛdi ɛni hanni mavna onnɨt syosso ladi gyɛdɛ hodno mavna aŋŋi syosso badi dɛstɛ.
- gyɛdi
- game.SSpl
- ɛni
- two.SSpl
- hanni
- first.SSpl
- mavna
- 3p.MTpl
- onnɨt
- aŋi.PRF
- syosso
- victory.SSsg
- ladi
- and then
- gyɛdɛ
- game.SSsg
- hodno
- last.SSsg
- mavna
- 3p.MTpl
- aŋŋi
- aŋi.FRS
- syosso
- victory.SSsg
- badi
- but
- dɛstɛ
- I’m told
Questions?