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Example 18-132
I tek naif chuk me fo ay
wit-am.
I
3sg
.
sbj
tek
take
naif
knife
chuk
pierce
me
1sg
.
obj
fo
for
ay
eye
wit-am.
with-
3sg
.
obj
He/She stabbed me in the eye(s) with a knife.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
nd
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, with resumptive pronoun
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