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Example 15-118
luk di klos we yu mama dai lɛf gi yu
luk
look
di
art
klos
clothes
we
rel
yu
poss
mama
mother
dai
die
lɛf
leave
gi
give
yu
you
Here are the clothes that your mother left for you when she died.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
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