Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Instrumental expressions

The TAKE serial structure is not common in Kristang. While I have both elicited the structure and have observed it in naturalistic use, it is extremely rare. The normal means of expressing the instrumental is by means of an adposition.

Values

Adposition Frequency: 95.0%

Example 42-119:
eli ja kotrá aké kandri ku faka
eli
3sg
ja
pfv
kotrá
cut
aké
that
kandri
meat
ku
with
faka
knife
He/she cut the meat with a knife.

Source: Baxter 1988: 162

Confidence:
Very certain

Serial verb Frequency: 5.0%

Example 42-120:
eli ja tomá faka kotra kandri
eli
3sg
ja
pfv
tomá
take
faka
knife
kotra
cut
kandri
meat
He/she cut the meat with a knife.

Source: Baxter 1988: 212

Confidence:
Very certain