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Example 10-197
Beda Taiga gaan an tek ihn mama
an
ker im da Beda Naansi fi ihn tend tu him.
Beda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
gaan
go.
ant
an
and
tek
take
ihn
3sg
.
poss
mama
mother
an
and
ker
carry
im
3sg
da
to
Beda
Brother
Naansi
Anansi
fi
comp
ihn
3sg
tend
tend
tu
to
him.
3sg
Brother Tiger took his mother to Brother Anansi for him to tend to her.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: No ‘take’ serials
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