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Example 15-116
a bin tek di klos kam sɛl am na makit
a
1sg
bin
pst
tek
take
di
art
klos
clothes
kam
come
sɛl
sell
am
it
na
loc
makit
market
I brought the clothes to sell at the market.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Williams 1971
: 60
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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