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Atenumo
Emphasis or focus’Àfojúsùn,
Àfojúsùn jé ohun pàtàkì tàbí information abénú nínú gbólóhùn. Ó jé ohun ti olùso gbà pé Oùgbó kò gbodò bá òun so. Èdè Africa máa ń lo ohùn nígbà mìíràn. Sùgbón ohun ti wón sabàá máa ń lò ni (i) yíyí padà kúrò ni òrò ìse tàbí kí wón lo AUX àsèrànwó ìse (2) use of special words (particles) (3) use of cleft-types constructions fún àpeere 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)
Àwon èdè mìíràn lè lo àpepò verb changes and particles, gégé 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.