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Atenumo

Emphasis or focus’Àfojúsùn,

Àfojúsùn jé ohun pàtàkì tàbí information abénú nínú gbólóhùn. Ó jé ohun ti olùso gbà pé Oùgbó kò gbodò bá òun so. Èdè Africa máa ń lo ohùn nígbà mìíràn. Sùgbón ohun ti wón sabàá máa ń lò ni (i) yíyí padà kúrò ni òrò ìse tàbí kí wón lo AUX àsèrànwó ìse (2) use of special words (particles) (3) use of cleft-types constructions fún àpeere nínú èdè Ejaghan.

(a) à – nam bì-yù

buy yam

“She bought yams”

(b) à – nàm-é jén

Focus what

What did she buy

(c) à – nam-é bì-yù

She bought yams

Èdè A ghem ni àfojúsùn tó le (complex focus) In some cases it uses a focus particle ñ

(a) fù kí mò nyiףּ nõ á kí-bé

The rat ran in the compound.

(b) Fú kí mo nyiףּ no á kí-bé

The rat ran (did not walk) in the compound

(c) Fù kí mo nyiףּ á kí-bé no

The rat ran inside the conpound (not inside the house)

Àwon èdè mìíràn lè lo àpepò verb changes and particles, gégé bí ó ti hàn nínú èdè Vute.

(a) mvèìn yi Gwáb-na tí ףּgé cene

The chief bought him a chicken

(b) Mvèìn yi Gwab-na-á ףּgé cene já

The Chief bought him a chicken.