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Example 15-115
a tek nɛf kɔt di bred
a
1sg
tek
take
nɛf
knife
kɔt
cut
di
art
bred
bread
I cut the bread with a knife. OR: I used a knife to cut the bread.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Finney 2003
: 72
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
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